He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEGood men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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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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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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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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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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