None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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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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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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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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