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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.

Benjamin Whichcote

None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Political Principle Religion
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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Approach Flower Soul Sun
It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Hypocrisy Men Soul
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
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
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
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
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Evil Good Measure Some Themselves
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Benefactor Charity Inspiring
The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Democracy Men Passion

Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.

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