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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.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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