Fear is prophetical of evil.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEConscience without judgment is superstition.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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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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