Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTETruth 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.
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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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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 sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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