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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.

Benjamin Whichcote

There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Learning Teaching Way
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions
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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Learning Taught Teacher
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Reform Religion Thinking
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
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
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
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
Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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Able Men Speak Speech
The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Judging Law Speaking
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Imply Profession Service
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
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise

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