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Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.

John Tillotson

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John Tillotson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1630
Born: October 10
Died: 1694
Died: November 22
Archbishop Of Canterbury
Priest
Ends
Sooner
Way
Brings
Men
Road
Like
Journey
Commonly
Lose
Traveling
Loses
Beaten
Ways
Sincerity
Often
Plain

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