"There is little pleasure in the world that……" — John Tillotson
"There is little pleasure in the world that is true and sincere beside the pleasure of doing our duty and doing good."
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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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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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He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool…
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