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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.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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