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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
Doeth
Harm
None
Much
Men

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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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None of us was born knowing or wise but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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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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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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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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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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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament belief is the denomination of the New.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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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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