"Ambition is torment enough for an enemy; for……" — Joseph Hall
"Ambition is torment enough for an enemy; for it affords as much discontentment in enjoying as in want, making men like poisoned rats, which, when they have tasted of their bane, cannot rest till they drink, and then can much less rest till they die"
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Joseph Hall
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49 Quotes by Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall has 49 quotes on this site.
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Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be…
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Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees…
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Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should…
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No marvel if the worldling escape earthly afflictions. God corrects him not. He is base born and begot. God will…
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Sorrows, because they are lingering guests, I will entertain but moderately, knowing that the more they are made of the…
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I account this body nothing but a close prison to my soul; and the earth a larger prison to my…
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Satan would seem to be mannerly and reasonable; making as if he would be content with one-half of the heart,…
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It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most on Divine truth, that will prove the choicest,…
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Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing…
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He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.
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What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is…
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Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion.
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