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If the show of any thing be good for any thing, I am sure sincerity is better for why does any man dissemble, or seem to be that which he is not, but because he thinks it good to have such a quality as he pretends to?

John Tillotson

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John Tillotson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1630
Born: October 10
Died: 1694
Died: November 22
Archbishop Of Canterbury
Priest
Thinking
Show
Shows
Dissemble
Seems
Pretends
Doe
Sincerity
Better
Thinks
Thing
Seem
Good
Quality
Men
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