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?
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEMan is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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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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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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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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