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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.

Benjamin Whichcote

Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Delight Friend Friends True
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
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Hypocrisy Men Soul
It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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Becoming Mercy Submission
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Free May Wells
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
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
Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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Christian Good Human Nature
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion

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