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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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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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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die for that only is well, that ends well.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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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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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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A good man's life is all of a piece.
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.
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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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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament belief is the denomination of the New.
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