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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Benjamin Whichcote

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 never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Conscience Dwelling
Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Imply Profession Service
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Political Principle Religion
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
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Imposeth Law Righteousness Self
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Angry Needs Repent
Believe things, rather than man.
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Belief Believe Men
There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Learning Teaching Way
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Reform Religion Thinking
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
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
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
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Lying Mean Use
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Men Satisfaction Wise
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion

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