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 WHICHCOTELet not a man’s self be to him all in all.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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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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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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Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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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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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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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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Believe things, rather than man.
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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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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