Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. — John Tillotson Belief Copy Share Image
A little wit and a great deal of ill-nature will furnish a man for satire; but the greatest instance of wit is… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
There is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them,--by laying them out in… — John Tillotson Charity Copy Share Image
Piety and virtue are not only delightful for the present, but they leave peace and contentment behind them. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind. — John Tillotson Ignorance Copy Share Image
The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong. — John Tillotson Anger Copy Share Image
And as for Pleasure, there is little in this World that is true and sincere, besides the Pleasure of doing our Duty,… — John Tillotson Doing good Copy Share Image
If the show of any thing be good for any thing, I am sure sincerity is better; for why does any man… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and… — John Tillotson Assurance Copy Share Image
Whether religion be true or false, it must be necessarily granted to be the only wise principle and safe hypothesis for a… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Some things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the… — John Tillotson Bears Copy Share Image
Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned… — John Tillotson Character Copy Share Image
Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise,… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Whatever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual,… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
The covetous man heaps up riches, not to enjoy them, but to have them; and starves himself in the midst of plenty,… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Even so does he who provides for the short time of this life, but takes no care for all eternity; which is… — John Tillotson Care Copy Share Image
In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on… — John Tillotson Commandments Copy Share Image
If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state. — John Tillotson Amends Copy Share Image
Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge. — John Tillotson Anger Copy Share Image
In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power. — John Tillotson Affair Copy Share Image
We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
With the history of Moses no book in the world, in point of antiquity, can contend. — John Tillotson Antiquity Copy Share Image
The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent. — John Tillotson Crafty Copy Share Image
Of some calamity we can have no relief but from God alone; and what would men do, in such a case if… — John Tillotson Calamity Copy Share Image
The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. — John Tillotson Art Copy Share Image
If they be principles evident of themselves, they need nothing to evidence them. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Truth is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
When men live as if there were no God, it becomes expedient for them that there should be none. — John Tillotson Atheism Copy Share Image
Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate… — John Tillotson Affection Copy Share Image
So that we pursue the happiness of this world just as little Children chase birds, when we think we are come very… — John Tillotson Children Copy Share Image
The little and short sayings of nice And excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least… — John Tillotson Diamond Copy Share Image
Religion in a magistrate strengthens his authority, because it procures veneration, and gains a reputation to it. In all the affairs of… — John Tillotson Affair Copy Share Image
Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for goodness and virtue, and against vice… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
It is hard to personate and act a part long; for where Truth is not the bottom, Nature will always be endeavoring… — John Tillotson Action Copy Share Image
True wisdom is a thing very extraordinary. Happy are they that have it: and next to them, not those many that think… — John Tillotson Defects Copy Share Image
