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Man is a wonder to himself he can neither govern nor know himself.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
Govern
Neither
Wonder
Self
Men

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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Let not a man's self be to him all in all.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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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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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
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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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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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