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Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.
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The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
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Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.
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It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.
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The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
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To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.
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We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
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Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
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Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.
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The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
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Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.
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Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
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