None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTETruth 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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom 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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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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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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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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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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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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