Francis Atterbury Quotes
- Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.
- The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.
- They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made in Scriptures would stand out against…
- A good character when established should not be rested in as an end, but only employed as a means of doing still further good.
- Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and…
- It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.
- Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who knew them practically…
- It’s attention to detail that makes the difference between average and stunning,
- Though fanaticism drinks at many founts, its predisposing cause is mostly the subject of an invisible futurity.