He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENo man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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