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We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
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Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
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Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
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Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas.]
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Edmund Burke
The number is certainly the cause. The apparent disorder augments the grandeur, for the appearance of care is highly contrary to our ideas of magnificence. Besides, the stars lie in such apparent confusion, as makes it impossible on ordinary occasion to reckon them. This gives them the advantage of a sort of infinity.
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Joseph Addison
The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. Forever singing, as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
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Samuel Butler
This hairy meteor did announce The fall of sceptres and of crowns.
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