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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion will, against reason, is a madman's motion.
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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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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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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.
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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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