Quotes of John Tillotson - somelinesforyou

“ Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind. ”

- John Tillotson

“ A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing. ”

- John Tillotson

“ A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing. ”

- John Tillotson

“ A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing. ”

- John Tillotson

“ The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. ”

- John Tillotson

“ 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

“ Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure. ”

- John Tillotson

“ The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent. ”

- John Tillotson

“ The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. ”

- John Tillotson

“ A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing. ”

- John Tillotson

“ A bare possibility that a thing may be or not be, is no just cause of doubting whether a thing be or not. ”

- John Tillotson

“ The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure. ”

- John Tillotson

“ The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Zeal is only fit for wise men, but it is chiefly in fashion among fools. ”

- John Tillotson

“ The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. ”

- John Tillotson

“ When men live as if there were no God, it becomes expedient for them that there should be none. ”

- John Tillotson

“ The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Zeal is only fit for wise men, but it is chiefly in fashion among fools. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure. ”

- John Tillotson

“ A bare possibility that a thing may be or not be, is no just cause of doubting whether a thing be or not. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die… ”

- John Tillotson

“ A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Zeal is only fit for wise men, but it is chiefly in fashion among fools. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. ”

- John Tillotson

“ Sincerity is the most compendious wisdom, and an excellent instrument for the speedy dispatch of business; it creates confidence in those we have to deal with, saves the labor of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in few words; it is like traveling in a plain beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's ends than bye-ways, in which men often lose themselves. ”

- John Tillotson

“ To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.". ”

- John Tillotson
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