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- The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman, and other men are slaves;…
- Faith, whereby especially Christ rules, sets the soul so high that it looks down on all other things as far below, as having represented to…
- If believers decay in their first love, or in some other grace, yet another grace may grow and increase, such as humility, their brokenheartedness; they…
- It is good to divert our sorrow for other things to the root of all, which is sin. Let our grief run most in that…
- God is goodness itself, in whom all goodness is involved. If therefore we love other things for the goodness which we see in them, why do…
- It would be a good contest amongst Christians, one to labor to give no offense, & the other labor to take none. The best of…
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- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
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- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
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- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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