An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThere is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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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.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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