None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIf 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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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.
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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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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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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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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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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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