He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESome are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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