No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTERight and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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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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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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