A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEFear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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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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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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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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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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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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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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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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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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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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