Author: John Tillotson

Quotes

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

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 us nothing.

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

- John Tillotson

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

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.

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

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

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

- John Tillotson

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

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

- John Tillotson

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