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Moral and religious aphorisms collected from the manuscript papers of the reverend and learned Doctor Whichcote; and published in 1703, by Dr. Jeffery. Now re-published, with very large additions, ... by Samuel Salter, ... To which are added, Eight letter

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Moral and religious aphorisms collected from the manuscript papers of the reverend and learned Doctor Whichcote; and published in 1703, by Dr. Jeffery. Now re-published, with very large additions, ... by Samuel Salter, ... To which are added, Eight letter Quotes

“Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.”

“Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good--a mere stranger will do no harm.”

“Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.”

“He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.”

“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.”

“Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.”

“Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.”

“Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion.”

“He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.”

“A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.”

“He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.”

“Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.”

“Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.”

“Joy is the life of man's life.”

“What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.”

“There is no better way to learn than to teach.”

“A benefactor is a representative of God.”

“The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.”

“The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.”

“Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.”

“No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.”

“Fear is prophetical of evil.”

“There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.”