Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
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They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.John Selden
Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit.
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No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
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They that govern the most make the least noise.
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We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn whereas, if we take it all together, and considered what went before and what followed after, we should find it meant no such thing
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