None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEBelieve things, rather than man.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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 are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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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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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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