He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENo man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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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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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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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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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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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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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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