He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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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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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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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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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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