Jean Baptiste Massillon foi um religioso francês, pregador e bispo de Clermont desde 1717 até sua morte. Wikipedia
“O homem, durante sua morada neste mundo, não conhece seu próprio coração.”
Man, during his abode in this world, knows not his own heart.
primeiro domingo do advento in: "Sermons for every Sunday and festival of the year, chiefly taken [and tr.] from the sermons of m. Massillon" - Volume I, Página 4 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=6VoHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA4, 1807
“Para o ambicioso, o bom êxito desculpa a ilegitimidade dos meios.”
Variante: Para o homem ambicioso, o triunfo desculpa a ilegitimidade dos meios.
“Then shall you see the true state of your souls”
On the Last Day
Contexto: Then shall you see the true state of your souls: then shall their secret avenues, their hidden affections, their depraved appetites, be all laid open to your view: then shall their unlawful desires, their hatreds and animosities, their vitiated and impure intentions, their criminal projects, which were overlooked because they proved abortive, and all their other vices, be displayed before you.
On the Last Day
Contexto: The sinner is oftentimes raised to honours and dignities, whilst the just man is obliged to tread the lowly paths of subjection and submission to his orders. On this great day, these evils shall be fully rectified. The sinner shall be separated from the just, as soon as the book of conscience is displayed: and the honours and the dignities of the Heavenly Jerusalem shall be conferred on the deserving the true and faithful servants of the Lord.
“In this life we never behold the true state of our interior”
On the Last Day
Contexto: In this life we never behold the true state of our interior: our attention is engaged by the few serious sentiments with which we are occasionally animated; and the judgment which we form of ourselves is generally influenced by the last impressions which are made upon our minds.
“On this day the eternal lot of the whole world shall be decided.”
On the Last Day
Contexto: "And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud in great power and majesty" Luke, xxi. 27.
Thus, my beloved friends, shall the revolutions and kingdoms of this world be brought to a conclusion for ever. Thus shall end all the earthly pursuits which either amused us by their novelty, or seduced us by their charms. Thus shall the Son of Man come. Thus shall be ushered in the great day of his manifestation, the beginning of his reign, the complete redemption of his mystical body. On this day the consciences of all mankind shall be exposed to view a day of calamity and despair to the sinner, but of peace, joy, and consolation to the just. On this day the eternal lot of the whole world shall be decided.
On the Last Day
Contexto: "And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud in great power and majesty" Luke, xxi. 27.
Thus, my beloved friends, shall the revolutions and kingdoms of this world be brought to a conclusion for ever. Thus shall end all the earthly pursuits which either amused us by their novelty, or seduced us by their charms. Thus shall the Son of Man come. Thus shall be ushered in the great day of his manifestation, the beginning of his reign, the complete redemption of his mystical body. On this day the consciences of all mankind shall be exposed to view a day of calamity and despair to the sinner, but of peace, joy, and consolation to the just. On this day the eternal lot of the whole world shall be decided.
“What a consolation will it be to the just, to have the secrets of their hearts finally revealed!”
On the Last Day
Contexto: What a consolation will it be to the just, to have the secrets of their hearts finally revealed! Their perfections were concealed from men in this world. They were known to God alone. They were unknown even to themselves; for humility had concealed from their view the beauty and innocence of their interior, and had displayed before their eyes only the few blemishes and imperfections to which human nature is unavoidably exposed. But now the veil shall be withdrawn, and their secret storehouse of merits shall be thrown open to the inspection of all. With what astonishment will the great assembly of the sons of men behold the triumphs of these humble servants of God! their hitherto concealed victories over the world, the flesh, and the Devil…
“Man, during his abode in this world, knows not his own heart.”
On the Last Day
Contexto: Man, during his abode in this world, knows not his own heart. Self-love spreads a veil over his imperfections, and conceals the knowledge of his true state, both from himself and from others. But on this day he shall be seen in his true dress, both by himself and by all mankind. The just man is disregarded and despised in this world: he is subjected in a great measure to the will of the sinner; his life is esteemed folly, and his end without honour. He, likewise, shall be seen in his true light on this day, and shall be honoured before the whole world with that honour to which his merits are entitled.
Fonte: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 5.
Fonte: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 257.
On the Last Day
Fonte: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 348.