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4 quotations from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), with the subject each one is filed under.

God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.— filed under God's Providence

Mercy to him that shows it is the rule.— filed under Mercy

His still refuted quirks he still repeats, New-raised objections with new quibbles meets ; Till sinking in the quicksand he defends, He dies disputing, and the contest ends.— filed under Obstinacy

Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.— filed under Wisdom