"Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error……" — Jeremy Taylor
"Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth."
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34 Quotes by Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor has 34 quotes on this site.
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Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with…
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He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.
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Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.
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It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that…
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A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and…
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Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.
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Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.
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Dive on them and squash them if you must.
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God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.
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Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters after her image, but far…
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Love is friendship set on fire.
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Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.
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More Afflicted Quotes
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one of 156 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
— Aeschylus
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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never…
— Victor Hugo
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The Catholics have a Pope. Protestants laugh at them, and yet the Pope is capable of intellectual advancement. In addition…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to…
— Osbert Sitwell
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to…
— Tryon Edwards
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The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets…
— Simone Weil
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The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away.…
— Sun Tzu
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And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
— John Milton
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Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees…
— Joseph Hall
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No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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I was wholly at peace, at ease and at rest, so that there was nothing upon earth which could have…
— Julian of Norwich
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Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you…
— Maxim Gorky
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