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In an arch each single stone which, if severed from the rest, would be perhaps defenceless is sufficiently secured by the solidity and entireness of the whole fabric, of which it is a part.

Robert Boyle

Female beauties are as fickle in their faces as in their minds; though casualties should spare them, age brings in a necessity of decay.
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Age Beautiful Face Female Mindset Necessary Ruin
God is the author of the universe, and the free establisher of the laws of motion.
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Author Establishment Freedom God Law Motion Universe
I think myself obliged, whatever my private apprehensions may be of the success, to do my duty, and leave events to their Disposer.
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Leaving Myself Privacy Success Thinking
It is my intent to beget a good understanding between the chymists and the mechanical philosophers who have hitherto been too little acquainted with one another’s learning.
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Goodness Learning Myself Philosophy Understand
The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of mans redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation.
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Book Necessary Ourselves Religious
In an arch each single stone which, if severed from the rest, would be perhaps defenceless is sufficiently secured by the solidity and entireness of the whole fabric, of which it is a part.
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Clothes Fabric Security Stone
From a knowledge of His work, we shall know Him.
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Himself Knowledge Work
He whose faith never doubted, may justly doubt of his faith.
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Doubt Faith Himself
It is not strange to me that persons of the fair sex should like, in all things about them, the handsomeness for which they find themselves most liked.
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Appearance Beautiful Person Sex Strange
He that condescended so far, and stooped so low, to invite and bring us to heaven, will not refuse us a gracious reception there.
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Heaven Invitation Low Reception
The generality of men are so accustomed to judge of things by their senses that, because the air is indivisible, they ascribe but little to it, and think it but one remove from nothing.
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Judgement Man Removal
God may rationally be supposed to have framed so great and admirable an automaton as the world for special ends and purposes.
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End Frame God Greatness Purpose World
The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of Man over the inferior Creatures of God. For many have not only look’d upon it, as an impossible thing to compass, but as something impious to attempt.
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Attempt Call Chance Creature God Impossible Man Nature Try
There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.
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Author Book Invention Thinking
In the Bible the ignorant may learn all requisite knowledge, and the most knowing may learn to discern their ignorance.
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Book Ignorance Knowledge Learning Religious
I am not ambitious to appear a man of letters: I could be content the world should think I had scarce looked upon any other book than that of nature.
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Ambition Appearance Man Nature World

In an arch each single stone which, if severed from the rest, would be perhaps defenceless is sufficiently secured by the solidity and entireness of the whole fabric, of which it is a part.

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