“ Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome. ”
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“ The mind as a glass, receives all images; and the soul becomes that with which it is in conjunction. ”
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“ He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ”
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“ None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad. ”
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“ True religion hath done only good in the world; but superstition, which is the counterfeit of religion, hath done the worst and the greatest mischief. ”
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“ God laid no foundation of wickedness in the principles of His creation; it is an unnatural super-structure of our own, without a foundation. ”
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“ The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth. ”
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“ Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New. ”
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“ He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth. ”
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“ The proud man lives in the paradise of fools; and neither in what he thinks, or does, or looks for, or promises himself, is there anything sincere or true. ”
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“ A proud man hath no God, for he hath put God down and set himself up. ”
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“ None are so empty as those who are full of themselves. ”
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“ Man parts with his freedom and enslaves himself when he subjects himself to that which is not sovereign in him, as Reason is. ”
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“ Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul. ”
- Benjamin Whichcote- Copy
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“ In all supremacy of power, there is inherent a prerogative to pardon. ”
- Benjamin Whichcote- Copy
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“ Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use. ”
- Benjamin Whichcote- Copy
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“ If it were not for sin, we should converse together as angels do. ”
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“ He that would have the perfection of pleasure, must be moderate in the use of it. ”
- Benjamin Whichcote- Copy
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“ If it were not for sin, we should converse together as angels do. ”
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“ The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel. ”
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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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