None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEAmong politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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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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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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