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Make use of time, if thou valuest eternity. Yesterday cannot be recalled; to-morrow cannot be assured; to-day only is thine, which, if thou procrastinatest, thou losest, which loss is lost forever.

— Jeremy Taylor

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Charity is the great channel through which God passes all his mercy upon mankind.

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Whoever persecutes a disagreeing person, arms all the world against himself, and all pious people of his own persuasion.

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Faith, hope, and charity are the best weapons in the world to fight against intemperance.

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No man speaks more unreasonably, then he that denies to men the use of their Reason in choice of their Religion.

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