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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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Ends Life Wish
Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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Acceptance Law Teacher
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles
A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Manner Men Mind Wise
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
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
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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Christian Men Understanding
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
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
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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Men Repentance Should

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