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That power is in vain which is never in use.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
Vain
Use
Power
Never

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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.
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None of us was born knowing or wise but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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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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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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He that does not repent, sins again.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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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 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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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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