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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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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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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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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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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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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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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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If 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.
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Let not a man's self be to him all in all.
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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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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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