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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENo man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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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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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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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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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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