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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

Benjamin Whichcote

We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Free May Wells
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Angry Needs Repent
A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Done Guilt Mind
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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Credit Letters Men
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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Approach Flower Soul Sun
Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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Able Men Speak Speech
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Darkness Light Mysterious
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Belief Denominations Old Testament
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion

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