Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIf 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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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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He that does not repent, sins again.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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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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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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