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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.

Benjamin Whichcote

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
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
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
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
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
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
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
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
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
Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Greater Power Truth
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
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

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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