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

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
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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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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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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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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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None of us was born knowing or wise but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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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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Riches are but a means, or instrument and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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