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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTETake away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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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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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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