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… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Repentance doth alter a man's case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour's eyes, in his own case; and with his… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
