Quote by James Bryce
There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which per

There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut. – James Bryce

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The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. – James Bryce

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Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existance. – James Bryce

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The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. – James Bryce

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Make peace with man and war with your sins. – Proverb

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Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive. – Frank Moore Colby

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SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense – Eric Butterworth

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The just man may sin with an open chest of gold before him. – Italian Proverb

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You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. – Irish Saying

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The average persons ear weighs what you are, not what you were. – Francis Quarles

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