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Benjamin Whichcote

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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Able Men Speak Speech
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Knowledge Known Knows Least
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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Credit Letters Men
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Darkness Light Mysterious
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
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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Men Repentance Should
Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Evil Fear Prophetical
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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Hypocrisy Men Soul
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work

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