Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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