Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThat power is in vain which is never in use.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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