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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.

Benjamin Whichcote

Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Delight Friend Friends True
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety
If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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Cases Eye Men
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
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Natural Soul Virtue
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Knowledge Known Knows Least
Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Imply Profession Service
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion
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
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
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
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together

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