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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies bad men to incarnate their souls.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
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Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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None of us was born knowing or wise but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament belief is the denomination of the New.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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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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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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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good--a mere stranger will do no harm.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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