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

Benjamin Whichcote

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?
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTE

Able Men Speak Speech
Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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Credit Letters Men
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Lying Mean Use
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
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
Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Depsoseth Shame Sin
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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Christian Good Human Nature
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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Cases Eye Men
Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Evil Fear Prophetical
Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Imply Profession Service
The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Knowledge Known Knows Least
The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Judging Law Speaking
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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Firsts Impossible Men

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

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