Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEConscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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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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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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