...they have never affirm'd any thing, concerning the Cause, till the Trial was past: whereas, to do it before, is a most venomous thing in the making of Sciences; for whoever has fix'd on his Cause, before he experimented; can… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
Are we not to pity and supply the poor, though they have no relation to us? No relation? That cannot be. The Gospel styles… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles. — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
Greediness of getting more deprives... the enjoyment of what it had got. — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
In all works of liberality something more is to be considered besides the occasion of the givers; and that is the occasion of the… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
Passion is the great mover and spring of the soul. When men’s passions are strongest, they may have great and noble effects; but they… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
Do not too many believe no zeal to be spiritual but what is censorious or vindictive? Whereas no zeal is spiritual that is not… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold, a nimble,… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
...they have never affirm'd any thing, concerning the Cause, till the Trial was past: whereas, to do it before, is a most venomous thing… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
[In the Royal Society, there] has been, a constant Resolution, to reject all the amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style: to return back to… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
All false practices and affections of knowledge are more odious to God, and deserve to be so to men, than any want or defect… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
![“[In the Royal Society, there] has been, a constant Resolution, to reject all the amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style: to return back to the primitive purity, and shortness, when men deliver'd so many things, almost in an equal number of words. They have exacted from all their…” quote by Thomas Sprat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a68/thomas-sprat-35591_all-things_in-the-royal-society-there-has-been-a-co_1937927.jpg)
