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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good--a mere stranger will do no harm.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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Believe things, rather than man.
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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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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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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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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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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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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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