Quote#Wisdom
I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because…
Quote byMatthew Henry · 1662–1714
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Misquoted, First reported in Arnold Gingrich, Coronet, Volume 17 (1944), which characterizes the quote as a diary entry. A much earlier report in "Life of the Rev. Matthew Henry", in Christian Biography (1799), p. 66, has Henry writing: What reason have I to be thankful to God, that having travelle.
English (original)
I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.
— Matthew Henry
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