Believe Quote by Isaac Barrow

“Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.” quote by Isaac Barrow — Download Open image

“Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.”

Isaac Barrow

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Nothing hath wrought more prejudice to religion, or brought more disparagement upon truth, than boisterous and unseasonable zeal.

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Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

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Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

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