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> [Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient Wisdom delighted to convey its precepts, for the regulation of life and manners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/short-isolated-sentences-were-the-mode-in-which-ancient-wisdom/)

[William Warburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-warburton/)

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## More by William Warburton

> [The skilful disputant well knows that he never has his enemy at more advantage than when, by allowing the premises, he shows him arguing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/the-skilful-disputant-well-knows-that-he-never-has-his-enemy-at-more/)

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> [Orthodoxy is my doxy - heterodoxy is another man's doxy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/orthodoxy-is-my-doxy-heterodoxy-is-another-man-s-doxy/)

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> [High birth is a thing which I never knew any one to disparage except those who had it not; and I never knew any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/high-birth-is-a-thing-which-i-never-knew-any-one-to-disparage-except/)

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> [Fanaticism is a fire, which heats the mind indeed, but heats without purifying. It stimulates and ferments all the passions; but it rectifies none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/fanaticism-is-a-fire-which-heats-the-mind-indeed-but-heats-without/)

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> [A lie has no legs, and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far and wide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/a-lie-has-no-legs-and-cannot-stand-but-it-has-wings-and-can-fly-far/)

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> [Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/reason-is-the-test-of-ridicule-not-ridicule-the-test-of-truth/)

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> [Without enthusiasm, the adventurer could never kindle that fire in his followers which is so necessary to consolidate their mutual interests; for no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/without-enthusiasm-the-adventurer-could-never-kindle-that-fire-in-his/)

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> [The Egyptians, by the concurrent testimony of antiquity, were among the first who taught that the soul was immortal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/the-egyptians-by-the-concurrent-testimony-of-antiquity-were-among-the/)

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> [Admiration is one of the most bewitching, enthusiastic passions of the mind; and every common moralist knows that it arises from novelty and surprise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/admiration-is-one-of-the-most-bewitching-enthusiastic-passions-of-the/)

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> [Of all literary exercitations, whether designed for the use or entertainment of the world, there are none of so much importance, or so immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/of-all-literary-exercitations-whether-designed-for-the-use-or/)

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> [Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient Wisdom delighted to convey its precepts, for the regulation of life and manners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/short-isolated-sentences-were-the-mode-in-which-ancient-wisdom/)

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> [Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-warburton/enthusiasm-is-that-temper-of-the-mind-in-which-the-imagination-has/)

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