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" To be like Christ is to be a Christian. "

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" Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us. "

" True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it. "

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" Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns. "

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" Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel. "

" He that lives to live forever, never fears dying. "

" Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. "

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" Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. "