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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.

Benjamin Whichcote

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
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
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Imply Profession Service
If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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Cases Eye Men
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions
Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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Atheism Atheist Thinking
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
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
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Lying Mean Use
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

He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.

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