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None of us was born knowing or wise but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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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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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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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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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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