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To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.

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Every person born in the USA is endowed with life, liberty, and a substantial share of the national debt.

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But I account the use that a man should seek of the publishing of his own writings before his death, to be but an untimely anticipation of that which is proper to follow a man, and not to go along with him.

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There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.

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Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

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There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.

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Pyrrhus, when his friends congratulated to him his victory over the Romans under Fabricius, but with great slaughter of his own side, said to them, "Yes; but if we have such another victory, we are undone."

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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

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God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

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The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man.

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A much talking judge is an ill-tuned cymbal.

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The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections... What a man had rather were true he more readily believes.

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A just fear of an imminent danger, though be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.

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Why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me?

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For behavior, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another.

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I would like, in my arbitrary way, to bring one nearer to the actual human being.

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The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this-that while we falsely admire and extol the powers of the human mind we neglect to seek for its true helps.

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All artists are vain, they long to be recognized and to leave something to posterity. They want to be loved, and at the same time they want to be free. But nobody is free.

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Velazquez found the perfect balance between the ideal illustration which he was required to produce, and the overwhelming emotion he aroused in the spectator.

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God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

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