If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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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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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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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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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Some 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.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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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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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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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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