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Joseph Butler Quotes

Happiness does not consist in self-love Picture Quote #1

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food Picture Quote #1

But to us, probability is the very guide of life Picture Quote #1

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else Picture Quote #1

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves Picture Quote #1

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another Picture Quote #1

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Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed, self-love only puts us upon obtaining and securing it Picture Quote #1

The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the condition and usages of the Christian world at the time they were written Picture Quote #1

Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the other part, are, themselves, their objects and ends, stated and shown Picture Quote #1

The satisfaction that accompanies good acts is itself not the motivation of the act; satisfaction is not the motive, but only the consequence Picture Quote #1

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another Picture Quote #1

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed, self-love only puts us upon obtaining and securing it Picture Quote #1

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The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the condition and usages of the Christian world at the time they were written Picture Quote #1

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves Picture Quote #1

Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous Picture Quote #1

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery Picture Quote #1

The first thought is often the best Picture Quote #1

Every thing is what it is, and not another thing Picture Quote #1

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Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with Picture Quote #1

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice Picture Quote #1

Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects Picture Quote #1

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections Picture Quote #1

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world Picture Quote #1

As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow Picture Quote #1

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Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature; thus they show that we are such sort of creatures as to stand in need of those helps which higher orders of creatures do not Picture Quote #1

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others Picture Quote #1

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree Picture Quote #1

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature Picture Quote #1

Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it to ourselves as well as to the distressed Picture Quote #1

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed tempers for you Picture Quote #1

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Happiness does not consist in self-love (Joseph Butler Quotes) Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food. (Joseph Butler Quotes) But to us, probability is the very guide of life (Joseph Butler Quotes) Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else (Joseph Butler Quotes) The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves (Joseph Butler Quotes) For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another (Joseph Butler Quotes) Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed, self-love only puts us upon obtaining and securing it (Joseph Butler Quotes) The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the condition and usages of the Christian world at the time they were written (Joseph Butler Quotes) Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the other part, are, themselves, their objects and ends, stated and shown (Joseph Butler Quotes) The satisfaction that accompanies good acts is itself not the motivation of the act; satisfaction is not the motive, but only the consequence (Joseph Butler Quotes) For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. (Joseph Butler Quotes) Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed, self-love only puts us upon obtaining and securing it. (Joseph Butler Quotes) The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the condition and usages of the Christian world at the time they were written. (Joseph Butler Quotes) The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves. (Joseph Butler Quotes) Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous (Joseph Butler Quotes) The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery (Joseph Butler Quotes) The first thought is often the best (Joseph Butler Quotes) Every thing is what it is, and not another thing (Joseph Butler Quotes) Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with (Joseph Butler Quotes) The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice (Joseph Butler Quotes) Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects (Joseph Butler Quotes) Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections (Joseph Butler Quotes) The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world (Joseph Butler Quotes) As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow (Joseph Butler Quotes) Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature; thus they show that we are such sort of creatures as to stand in need of those helps which higher orders of creatures do not (Joseph Butler Quotes) Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others (Joseph Butler Quotes) Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree (Joseph Butler Quotes) Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature (Joseph Butler Quotes) Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it to ourselves as well as to the distressed (Joseph Butler Quotes) Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and composed tempers for you (Joseph Butler Quotes)

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