None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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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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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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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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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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