He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWill, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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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?
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEEvery 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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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENo man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEA good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThere is no better way to learn than to teach.
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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 of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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Believe things, rather than man.
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