No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEChrist is God clothed with human nature.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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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?
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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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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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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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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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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