There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.
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First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got the better of his creed. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors, and where they separate, depend upon it, 'Tis for no other cause but quietness sake.Laurence Sterne
We lose the right of complaining sometimes, by denying something, but this often triples its force.
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Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
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Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.
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Men tire themselves in the pursuit of sleep.
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So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.
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