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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
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They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.
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Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.
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To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
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Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.
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There is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them,--by laying them out in charity.
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If people would but provide for eternity with the same solicitude and real care as they do for this life, they could not fail of heaven.
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The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
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Integrity gains strength by use.
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And as for Pleasure, there is little in this World that is true and sincere, besides the Pleasure of doing our Duty, and of doing good.
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A good word is an easy obligation but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.
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