None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESuch an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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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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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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