Tag: stick

For him, the stick is at once the distinguishing prerogative and the primeval curse of man.

Since thou has not known how to rule over the good, reign over the bad; since thou has not known how to make thyself loved, make thyself feared.

If you love sceptres, Oh kings of the earth, said Solomom, “love wisdom and you will reign eternally.”

Blessing of the cross

Bless, Lord, this sign of this holy cross, the emblem of the journey, the sign by witch thou has snatched he world from he power of the demons, and by which thou didst overcome the suggestions of the devil, who delighted in thesis obedience of the first man in eating he forbidden fruit.

Sanctify, Lord, this sign, of thy passions that it may be a tower of strengthen thy enemies as a pledge of help for those who believe in thee.

Blessing of the Stick

Receive, also, this staff of thy journey, in the name of thy Lord Jesus Christ, who sent to his servant Tobias an angel to walk before him to serve as his guide.May it accompany thee like the angel, and guide thee whither thou wouldst go.

Ancient Greekpg 186/149
And why this stick in the hands of philosophers? It was because, as they so freely spoke to the great, they always held themselves ready to exile.
Philosophers: They are accused and condemned by those who hate truth and virtue

Human wisdom is a double and dangerous sword and even in the hands of Socrates, its most intimate and familiar friend, how many ends the stick has! Montagne

Insult to human race also proves love to independence and scorn to riches – Diogenes

It is hard to make people admit that the maxims of the laical philosophers of Greece and Rome are the foundation of the evangelical doutrines.

I have conquered fewer people with my sceptre than Aristotle with his stick. -Alexander the great

It takes ages to outgrow prejudice, no matter how foolish they are.

168/206

Dueling
The foolish custom will not be suppressed because, slaves of prejudice that we are, we would consider ourselves dishonored if not giving the man who has insulted us the privilege of killing us.

to know how to command respect without inspiring fear.

Chinese axiom: when laws are made rigor is necessary; when they are executed, mercy is no less so.

Turks characteristics:
The love of money and the love of stick have destroyed his ideas of human dignity, and he has no more regard for honor than for the life of a criminal.

Man is a creature of habit – and voluntary servitude, with him, as with animals, is the greatest proof we can have of the force of habit. Animals accustomed with yoke bend to it willingly, and nations accustomed to slavery do not even try to know the advantages of liberty.

It is in women convents that voluntary flagellation is most generally practiced. God must be more outraged than honored.

Another theatrical stick which has never flogged any one, and yet has always known how to command obedience and respect is that of the leader of the orchestra. It is the stick, or rather the sceptre that this absolute monarch is compelled to wield when he wants perfect harmony in this dominions.

We should never despair since God chastise those whom he wishes to bring back to him pg 241/288

Stick
Sceptre
Batôn
Lance
Dart
Flint
Spear
Pike
Wand
Whip
Crosier
Crutch
Bastinado Reed – the scepter of Christ-king

Since thou has not known how to rule over the good, reign over the bad; since thou has not known how to make thyself loved, make thyself feared.

For him, the stick is at once the distinguishing prerogative and the primeval curse of man.

If you love sceptres, Oh kings of the earth, said Solomom, “love wisdom and you will reign eternally.”

Blessing of the cross Bless, Lord, this sign of this holy cross, the emblem of the journey, the sign by witch thou has snatched the world from the power of the demons, and by which thou didst overcome the suggestions of the devil, who delighted in the disobedience of the first man in eating he forbidden fruit.

Sanctify, Lord, this sign, of thy passions that it may be a tower of strengthen thy enemies as a pledge of help for those who believe in thee.

Blessing of the Stick Receive, also, this staff of thy journey, in the name of thy Lord Jesus Christ, who sent to his servant Tobias an angel to walk before him to serve as his guide. May it accompany thee like the angel, and guide thee whither thou wouldst go.

Ancient Greek
And why this stick in the hands of philosophers? It was because, as they so freely spoke to the great, they always held themselves ready to exile.
Philosophers: They are accused and condemned by those who hate truth and virtue

Human wisdom is a double and dangerous sword and even in the hands of Socrates, its most intimate and familiar friend, how many ends the stick has! Montagne

Insult to human race also proves love to independence and scorn to riches – Diogenes

It is hard to make people admit that the maxims of the laical philosophers of Greece and Rome are the foundation of the evangelical doutrines.

I have conquered fewer people with my sceptre than Aristotle with his stick. -Alexander the great

It takes ages to outgrow prejudice, no matter how foolish they are.

Dueling
The foolish custom will not be suppressed because, slaves of prejudice that we are, we would consider ourselves dishonored if not giving the man who has insulted us the privilege of killing us.

To know how to command respect without inspiring fear.

Chinese axiom: when laws are made, rigor is necessary; when they are executed, mercy is no less so.

Turks characteristics:
The love of money and the love of stick have destroyed his ideas of human dignity, and he has no more regard for honor than for the life of a criminal.

Man is a creature of habit – and voluntary servitude, with him, as with animals, is the greatest proof we can have of the force of habit. Animals accustomed with yoke bend to it willingly, and nations accustomed to slavery do not even try to know the advantages of liberty.

It is in women convents that voluntary flagellation is most generally practiced. God must be more outraged than honored.

Another theatrical stick which has never flogged any one, and yet has always known how to command obedience and respect is that of the leader of the orchestra. It is the stick, or rather the sceptre that this absolute monarch is compelled to wield when he wants perfect harmony in this dominions.

We should never despair since God chastise those whom he wishes to bring back to him.

Stick Flint
Whip Wand
Batôn
Lance
Sceptre The scepter of Christ-king was a reed Bastinado
Crosier
Crutch
Spear Pike