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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good--a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion will, against reason, is a madman's motion.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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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.
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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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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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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 repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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A good man's life is all of a piece.
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