Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEAn idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our 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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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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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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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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