Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIt is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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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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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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