Knowing Quotes by Benjamin Whichcote

Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.

— Benjamin Whichcote

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth…

— Benjamin Whichcote

He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.

— Benjamin Whichcote

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

— Benjamin Whichcote

Let not a man's self be to him all in all.

— Benjamin Whichcote

Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.

— Benjamin Whichcote

Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends…

— Benjamin Whichcote

Christ is God clothed with human nature.

— Benjamin Whichcote

The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.

— Benjamin Whichcote

We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.

— Benjamin Whichcote

A benefactor is a representative of God.

— Benjamin Whichcote

He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.

— Benjamin Whichcote