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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
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Knowledge

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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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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good--a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour's eyes, in his own case and with his own eyes, in his neighbour's case.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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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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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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