"So that we pursue the happiness of this……" — John Tillotson
"So that we pursue the happiness of this world just as little Children chase birds, when we think we are come very near it and have it almost in our hands it flies farther from us than it was at first"
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33 Quotes by John Tillotson
John Tillotson has 33 quotes on this site.
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Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than…
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In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.
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Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.
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Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
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Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and…
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Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.
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How often might a man, after he had jumbled a set of letters in a bag, fling them out upon…
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Many man's scruples lie almost wholly about obedience to authority and compliance with indifferent customs, but very seldom about the…
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There is little pleasure in the world that is true and sincere beside the pleasure of doing our duty and…
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Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease…
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For a Man cannot believe a Miracle without relying upon Sense, nor Transubstantiation without renouncing it. So that never were…
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For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received…
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I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime…
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It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.
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I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.
— Lynda Barry
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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long…
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Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when…
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The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no…
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There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
— George Best
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Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.
— Eubie Blake
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