He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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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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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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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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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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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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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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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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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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