None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWhoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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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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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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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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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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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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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.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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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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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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