Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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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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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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