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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
Limited
Greater
Truth
Power
Right

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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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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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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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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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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion will, against reason, is a madman's motion.
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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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