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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENo man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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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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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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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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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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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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