Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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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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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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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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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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