Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESome 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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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