That power is in vain which is never in use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEChrist is God clothed with human nature.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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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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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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