Afflicted Quote by Jeremy Taylor Download Open image “Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.” — Jeremy Taylor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Afflicted Apt Error Men Prosperous Truth
“Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth” — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Great men's errors are to be venerated as more fruitful than little men's truths. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Men must fumble awhile with error to separate it from truth, I think- as long as they don't seize the error hungrily because it… — Walter M. Miller, Jr Copy Share Image
You find that all men are successes or failures. Success is the stamp of truth. I will say all men who fail to place… — Andrew Taylor Still Copy Share Image
There are some faults which men readily admit, but others not so readily. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Learned men fall into error oftenest by mistaking knowledge for wisdom. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune. — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
“there are sicknesses that walk in darkness, and there are exterminating angels who fly wrapt up in the curtains of immateriality and an uncommunicating… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
The private and personal blessings we enjoy- the blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty and integrity- deserve the thanksgiving of a whole life. — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is an immoderate affection and use of drink. That I call immoderation that is besides or beyond that order of good things for… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself. — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Enjoy the blessings of this day, if God sends them; and the evils of it bear patiently and sweetly: for this day only is… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
The thing framed says that nothing framed it; the tongue never made itself to speak, and yet talks against him that did; saying that… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
The pharisees minded what God spoke, but not what He intended. They were busy in the outward work of the hand, but incurious of… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
In self-examination, take no account of yourself by your thoughts and resolutions in the days of religion and solemnity; examine how it is with… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curious inquisition after, and envy of another man's enclosed pleasures: and there have… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
This grace (purity of intention) is so excellent that it sanctifies the most common actions of our life and yet is so necessary that… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
We each define our god, and from this definition, we set the criteria for self-love — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
The Lord's Prayer is short and mysterious, and, like the treasures of the Spirit, full of wisdom and latent senses: it is not improper… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Dillinger at one point was the second most popular man in America after President Roosevelt. And he was a national hero for a good… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
What single organization has done more for the orphan than the Catholic Church? What one, through hospital and asylum, more for the sick and… — David Josiah Brewer Copy Share Image
Eastern Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, are relative success stories, as they are not afflicted by the Arab heritage of retreat and… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
Like so many poor Ilokanos, my grandparents left their village, for it could no longer sustain them. The Ilocos is a narrow coastal plain… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
What we ought not do is play politics with those who've been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing politics, do… — David Plouffe Copy Share Image
Most of us entered journalism and joined 'news organizations' because we care about the greater good. We strive to comfort the afflicted and afflict… — David Shuster Copy Share Image
If you are afflicted with an artistic feeling, it's just perfecting something. — Timothy Spall Copy Share Image
“ (...)"He said we all have this different idea of what love is and that's what makes our circle. The more ideas and misconceptions… — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
“ Hunter turned and kissed Dillon deeply before he rinsed off. He had never wished for his sight before, but he would have given… — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
Nonfiction filmmakers were afflicted by two problems: one technical, the other spiritual. Technically, they did not have the equipment to do the sort of… — Robert Drew Copy Share Image
