Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIt is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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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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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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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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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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