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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.

Benjamin Whichcote

We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Free May Wells
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
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
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
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Learning Teaching Way
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
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
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
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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Christian Men Understanding
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 is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Belief Denominations Old Testament

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