Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs.
BENJAMIN HAYDONIf men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be.
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The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity.
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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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Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent.
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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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If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be.
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There must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits.
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Newton’s health, and confusion to mathematics.
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It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race.
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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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Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in them.
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To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do to-day that you may enjoy to-morrow it is but deferring the enjoyment; so that to be idle or industrious, vicious or virtuous, is but with a view of procrastinating the one or the other.
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Invention is totally independent of the will.
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When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.
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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.
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The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.
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