He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTERepentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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