"True wisdom is a thing very extraordinary. Happy……" — John Tillotson
"True wisdom is a thing very extraordinary. Happy are they that have it: and next to them, not those many that think they have it, but those few that are sensible of their own defects and imperfections, and know that they have it not."
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John Tillotson
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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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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which…
— Teresa of Avila
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it…
— Teresa of Avila
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
— John Adams
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external…
— Saint Basil
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
— Max Beerbohm
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There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are…
— Chaz Bono
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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects…
— Albert Camus
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I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.
— Roberto Cavalli
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I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I…
— Hugo Chavez
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As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather…
— Margaret Halsey
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