Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWe are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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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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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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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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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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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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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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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