He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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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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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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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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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 repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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