grate, or great?

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?

Or to seek understanding, reconciliation, and
A just and lasting peace for all.

got peace?

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Ah, these times are so uncertain.
There's a yearning undefined,
And people filled with rage.
We all need a little tenderness;
How can love survive
In such a graceless age?

The more I know, the less I understand.
All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning again.

I've been trying to get down
To the heart of the matter,
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter;
But I think it's about forgiveness,
Forgiveness.
Even if,
Even if you don't love me anymore.
The Heart of the Matter


That you were once unkind befriends me now,
And for that sorrow, which I then did feel,
Needs must I under my transgression bow,
Unless my nerves were brass or hammered steel.
For if you were by my unkindness shaken,
As I by yours, you've passed a hell of time;
And I, a tyrant, have no leisure taken
To weigh how once I suffered in your crime.
O! that our night of woe might have remembered
My deepest sense, how hard true sorrow hits,
And soon to you, as you to me, then tendered
The humble salve, which wounded bosoms fits!
But that your trespass now becomes a fee;
Mine ransoms yours, and yours must ransom me.
CXX


I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
"The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
And this is [will be] my covenant with them when I take away their sins." [1]
As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may [now] receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you. For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
Romans 11:25-32

"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor [2] and hate your enemy.' [3]
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:43-48

hazard the world

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On Fives and Sixes
Most likely, the term derives from a complicated dice game called "hazard". It is thought that the expression was originally "to set on cinque and sice" (from the French numerals for five and six). These are the riskiest numbers to shoot for (“to set on”), and anyone who tried for them was considered careless or confused. [1] Also , [2]


617: "ffor-thi take herte and thynk right as a knyght,
618: Thorugh loue is broken al day euery lawe.
619: Kith now somwhat thi corage and thi myght;
620: Haue mercy on thi self, for eny awe.
621: Lat nat this wrecched wo thyn herte gnawe,
622: But manly sette the world on six and seuene,
623: And if thow deye a martyr, go to heuene.

624: "I wol my self ben with the at this dede,
625: Theigh ich and al my kyn vp-on a stownde
626: Shulle in a strete as dogges liggen dede,
627: Thorugh-girt with many a wide and blody wownde;
628: In euery cas I wol a frend be founde.
629: And if the list here steruen as a wrecche,
630: A-dieu, the deuel spede hym that it recche."
"Troilus & Criseyde", Book 4


In Richard II the King is away in a war in Iraq and everything is falling apart; the nobles are revolting under the exiled Bolingbroke, who has returned, and the poor old Duke of York who is Steward in the King's absence does not know what to do for the best and says:
All is uneven, And everything is left at six and seven.
[Exeunt YORK and QUEEN.]

BUSH(Y)
The wind sits fair for news to go to Iran,
But none returns. For us to levy power
Proportionable to the enemy
Is all unpossible.

GREEN
Besides, our nearness to the king in love
Is near the hate of those love not the king.

BAGOT
And that is the wavering commons; for their love
Lies in their purses; and whoso empties them,
By so much fills their hearts with deadly hate.
Richard II, Act II, Scene 2


12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.

13 He catches the wise in their craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

14 Darkness comes upon them in the daytime;
at noon they grope as in the night.

15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.

16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.

17 Blessed is the man whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;
he injures, but his hands also heal.

19 From six calamities he will rescue you;
in seven no harm will befall you.
Job

not by bread alone

Poland's great openness, unusual under Soviet controls, was expressed by the following story:

Two dogs meet in Warsaw's Old City. One is a Czech dog, well-fed and healthy looking. The other is an emaciated cur, from Poland. The Czech dog comes for a visit and tells the Polish dog that in Prague there is plenty to eat.
"Then why have you come here?" asks the cur.
"To bark," replies the Czech dog.