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It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice.

Benjamin Haydon

To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do to-day that you may enjoy to-morrow it is but deferring the enjoyment; so that to be idle or industrious, vicious or virtuous, is but with a view of procrastinating the one or the other.
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Men Procrastination Views
How difficult it is to get men to believe that any other man can or does act from disinterestedness!
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Believe Disinterestedness Men
The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
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Architecture Artist England
Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent.
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Difficult Indolence Indolent
Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.
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Genius Never Fear Poverty
Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
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Age Reputation Suffering
It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice.
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Believe God Justice Mercy
All government is an evil, but, of the two form’s of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to do its will, democracy.
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Evil Government Monarchy Two
Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men.
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Men Nerves Ordinary
Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.
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Mind Prejudice Serious
The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.
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Improvement Inspirational Life Self
Do your duty, and don’t swerve from it. Do that which your conscience tells you to be right, and leave the consequences to God.
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Conscience Duty Swerve
Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs.
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Devil Satan Triumph
Invention is totally independent of the will.
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Independent Invention Totally
Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in them.
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Devotional Persons True Religion
We are a compound of both here and hereafter; we shall be made responsible for the actions of both while here. Anything beyond this is beyond our power to prove, and would be of no real value if we could.
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Both Real Responsibility Responsible

It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice.

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