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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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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament belief is the denomination of the New.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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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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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Man is a wonder to himself he can neither govern nor know himself.
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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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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies bad men to incarnate their souls.
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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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