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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.

Benjamin Whichcote

There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
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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Deeds Immortal Sometimes Temptation
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
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Darkness Light Mysterious
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Natural Soul Virtue
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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Men Repentance Should
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

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