He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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