End of life Quote by John Tillotson

“Take away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves.”

John Tillotson

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Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.

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Religion in a magistrate strengthens his authority, because it procures veneration, and gains a reputation to it. In all the affairs of this world,…

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A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

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Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections…

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Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man.

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So that we pursue the happiness of this world just as little Children chase birds, when we think we are come very near it…

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They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.

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The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong.

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