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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEOnly madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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