He that does not repent, sins again.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESome things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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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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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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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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