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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

Benjamin Whichcote

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Benefactor Charity Inspiring
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
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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Christian Good Human Nature
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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Credit Letters Men
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
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
Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Depsoseth Shame Sin
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
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Darkness Light Mysterious
There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Learning Teaching Way
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

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

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