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Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney

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Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney Quotes

“No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.”

“Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.”

“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.”

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

“None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.”

“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 is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.”

“A good man's life is all of a piece.”

“Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.”

“It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.”

“No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.”

“Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.”