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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

Benjamin Whichcote

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 is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Greater Power Truth
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Learning Teaching Way
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
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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Atheism Atheist Thinking
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
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
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
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Done Guilt Mind

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