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 WHICHCOTEAmong politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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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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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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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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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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