Joy is the life of man’s life.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThose 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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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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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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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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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 neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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