Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that does not repent, sins again.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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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 can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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