John Mason Quotes
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A politician, Proteus like, must alter his face and habit, and like water seem of the same color that the vessel is that doth contain it, varying his form with the chameleon at each object's change.
[Policy]
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As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time.
[Time]
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As it would be great folly to shoe horses, as Nero did, with gold, so it is to spend time in trifles.
[Trifles]
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As they, who for every slight infirmity take physio to repair their health, do rather impair it; so they, who for every trifle are eager to vindicate their character, do rather weaken it.
[Character]
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By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and love of God and to man have there been in all my actions?
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It takes the hammer of persistence to drive the nail of success.
[Persistence]
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It will cost something to be religious: it will cost more to be not so.
[Religion]
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Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou wilt judge others with the judgment of charity.
[Judgment]
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Prudence is a conformity to the rules of reason, truth, and decency, at all times and in all circumstances. It differs from wisdom only in degree; wisdom being nothing but a more consummate habit of prudence; and prudence a lower degree or weaker habit of wisdom.
[Prudence]
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Self-knowledge is that acquaintance with ourselves which shows us what we are, and what we ought to be, in order to our living comfortably and usefully here, and happily hereafter.
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The casting down of our spirits in true humility is but like throwing a ball to the ground, which makes it rebound the higher toward heaven.
[Humility]
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The wise man has his foibles, as well as the fool. But the difference between them is, that the foibles of the one are known to himself and concealed from the world; and the foibles of the other are known to the world and concealed from himself.
[Faults]
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True humility makes way for Christ, and throws the soul at his feet.
[Humility]
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