That power is in vain which is never in use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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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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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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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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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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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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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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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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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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