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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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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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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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