Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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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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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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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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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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