Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Truth 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.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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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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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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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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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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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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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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