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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.

Benjamin Whichcote

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Reform Religion Thinking
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Angry Needs Repent
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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Democracy Men Passion
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Men Satisfaction Wise
God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Imposeth Law Righteousness Self
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
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
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
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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Becoming Mercy Submission
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Political Principle Religion

He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.

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