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 WHICHCOTEThe sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Believe things, rather than man.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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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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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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