A benefactor is a representative of God.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENo man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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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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Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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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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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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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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