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A good word is an easy obligation but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

John Tillotson

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John Tillotson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1630
Born: October 10
Died: 1694
Died: November 22
Archbishop Of Canterbury
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