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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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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.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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