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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEReligion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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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 sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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