No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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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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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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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 neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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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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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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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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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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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