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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.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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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.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Man is a wonder to himself he can neither govern nor know himself.
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