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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

He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
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
Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Greater Power Truth
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
Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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Christian Men Understanding
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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Ends Life Wish
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Natural Soul Virtue
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
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
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Evil Good Measure Some Themselves
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 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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Learning Taught Teacher

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