Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThat power is in vain which is never in use.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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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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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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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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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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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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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