The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEConscience without judgment is superstition.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Some 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.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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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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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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