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There are two restraints which God has laid upon human nature, shame and fear shame is the weaker, and has place only in those in whom there are some reminders of virtue.

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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