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 WHICHCOTEThere is no better way to learn than to teach.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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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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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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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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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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