Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you.
BENJAMIN HAYDONGenius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.
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Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men.
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Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs.
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The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.
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Invention is totally independent of the will.
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Do your duty, and don’t swerve from it. Do that which your conscience tells you to be right, and leave the consequences to God.
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Newton’s health, and confusion to mathematics.
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All government is an evil, but, of the two form’s of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to do its will, democracy.
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Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.
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The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.
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Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness.
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How difficult it is to get men to believe that any other man can or does act from disinterestedness!
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Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in them.
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Danger is the very basis of superstition. It produces a searching after help supernaturally when human means are no longer supposed to be available.
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It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice.
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We are a compound of both here and hereafter; we shall be made responsible for the actions of both while here. Anything beyond this is beyond our power to prove, and would be of no real value if we could.
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