No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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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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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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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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He that does not repent, sins again.
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