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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

Benjamin Whichcote

Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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Firsts Impossible Men
Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Imply Profession Service
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
Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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Ends Life Wish
Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Christ Human Jesus Nature
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Grace Law Men
Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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Christian Men Understanding
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Men Satisfaction Wise
Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Greater Power Truth
The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Knowledge Known Knows Least
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some

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