Conscience without judgment is superstition.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWill, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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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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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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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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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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