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True wisdom is a thing very extraordinary. Happy are they that have it: and next to them, not those many that think they have it, but those few that are sensible of their own defects and imperfections, and know that they have it not.
John Tillotson
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John Tillotson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1630
Born: October 10
Died: 1694
Died: November 22
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