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. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they… — 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
