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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament belief is the denomination of the New.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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Riches are but a means, or instrument and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die for that only is well, that ends well.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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