Crafty Quote by John Tillotson

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

— John Tillotson

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

— John Tillotson

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

— John Tillotson

When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he is set fast, and nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth…

— John Tillotson

There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of…

— John Tillotson

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

— John Tillotson

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

— 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…

— John Tillotson

How often might a man, after he had jumbled a set of letters in a bag, fling them out upon the ground before they…

— John Tillotson

If a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never…

— John Tillotson

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

— John Tillotson

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

— John Tillotson