That power is in vain which is never in use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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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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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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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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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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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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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