The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEA benefactor is a representative of God.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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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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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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