No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and 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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He that does not repent, sins again.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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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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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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