Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEMan is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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