He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThose 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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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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 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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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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