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

Benjamin Whichcote

Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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Acceptance Law Teacher
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
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
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
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
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
Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Conscience Dwelling
He that does not repent, sins again.
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Repent Repentance Sin
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Grace Law 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
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety

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