“ The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation. ”
- Edward Chapin- Copy
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“ Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
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“ You can come out of the furnace of trouble two ways: if you let if consume you, you come out a cinder; but there is a kind of metal which refuses to be consumed, and comes out a star. ”
- Jean Church- Copy
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“ A sumptuous dwelling the rich man hath. And dainty is his repast; but remember that luxury's prodigal hand keeps the furnace of toil in blast. ”
- Mary Elizabeth Hewitt- Copy
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“ Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
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“ Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases. ”
- Anne Bradstreet- Copy
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“ The great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder than the furnace blast, is all in very deed for this — that we manufacture everything there except men. ”
- John Ruskin- Copy
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