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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
Truth
Power
Right
Limited
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.
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Man is a wonder to himself he can neither govern nor know himself.
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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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None of us was born knowing or wise but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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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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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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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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