There is nothing in the world that renders a man more unlike to a saint, and more like to Satan — than to argue from God’s mercy to sinful liberty; from divine goodness to licentiousness.
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan divine, writer
Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices (1652)
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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those that are worth committing.
Samuel Butler (1835–1902) English novelist, satirist, scholar
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler, ch. 1, “Life” (1912)
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist
Don Quixote, 11.5
