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> [There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/there-is-no-belittling-worse-than-to-over-praise-a-man/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

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## More by Owen Feltham

> [The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/the-boundary-of-man-is-moderation-when-once-we-pass-that-pale-our/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [Of all trees, I observe God hath chosen the vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpful wall; of all beasts, the soft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/of-all-trees-i-observe-god-hath-chosen-the-vine-a-low-plant-that/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and singe themselves to cinders;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/to-go-to-law-is-for-two-persons-to-kindle-a-fire-at-their-own-cost-to/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [Virtue is the truest liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/virtue-is-the-truest-liberty/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [Fear, if it be not immoderate, puts a guard about us that does watch and defend us; but credulity keeps us naked, and lays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/fear-if-it-be-not-immoderate-puts-a-guard-about-us-that-does-watch/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/where-there-is-plenty-charity-is-a-duty-not-a-courtesy/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [Meditation is the soul's perspective glass, whereby, in her long remove, she discerneth God, as if He were nearer at hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/meditation-is-the-soul-s-perspective-glass-whereby-in-her-long-remove/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [Truth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/truth-and-fidelity-are-the-pillars-of-the-temple-of-the-world-when/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [There is no one subsists by himself alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/there-is-no-one-subsists-by-himself-alone/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/promises-may-get-friends-but-it-is-performance-that-must-nurse-and/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/it-is-rare-to-see-a-rich-man-religious-for-religion-preaches/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [Pleasures can undo a man at any time, if yielded to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/pleasures-can-undo-a-man-at-any-time-if-yielded-to/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [Human life has not a surer friend, nor oftentimes a greater enemy, than hope. It is the miserable man's god, which in the hardest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/human-life-has-not-a-surer-friend-nor-oftentimes-a-greater-enemy-than/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/negligence-is-the-rust-of-the-soul-that-corrodes-through-all-her-best/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

> [To be gentle is the test of a lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/to-be-gentle-is-the-test-of-a-lady/)

[Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/)

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