Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWe are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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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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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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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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