"The temptations to wrong are many; they spring……" — Matthew Simpson
"The temptations to wrong are many; they spring out of a corrupt nature."
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36 Quotes by Matthew Simpson
Matthew Simpson has 36 quotes on this site.
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Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A…
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If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own…
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Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living…
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Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections.
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Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes…
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I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today.
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If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and…
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If I know that I shall be as an angel, and more; if I shall behold all God has made;…
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If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will…
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If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim.
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If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse,…
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If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.
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More Corrupt Quotes
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one of 489 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
— Lord Acton
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People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt…
— Glenn Beck
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Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and…
— Joseph Addison
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When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their…
— Bono
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
— Edmund Burke
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Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on…
— Stokely Carmichael
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No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people…
— Anton Chekhov
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For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own…
— Nick Clegg
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Democrats don't react the same way Republicans do, because they are not forced to react the same way Republicans are…
— Jack Abramoff
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In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do.
— Marquis de Sade
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The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds…
— Juvenal
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O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint.
— William Shakespeare
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