Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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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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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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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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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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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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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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