The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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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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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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