That power is in vain which is never in use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENo man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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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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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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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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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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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He that does not repent, sins again.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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