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.
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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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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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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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Those 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.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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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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