"Half our virtue arises from our being out……" — Thomas Adams
"Half our virtue arises from our being out of the way of temptation."
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39 Quotes by Thomas Adams
Thomas Adams has 39 quotes on this site.
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The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be…
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Our mind is where our pleasure is, our heart is where our treasure is, our love is where our life…
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Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when…
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A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He…
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He that will be knighted must kneel for it, and he that will enter in at the strait gate must…
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Even the tired horse, when he comes near home, mends pace: be good always, without weariness, but best at last;…
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Both in thy private sessions, and the universal assizes, thou shalt be sure of the same Judge, the same jury,…
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That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.
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Alas! that the farthest and of all our thoughts should be the thought of our ends.
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The patient man is merry indeed.... The jailers that watch him are but his pages of honour, and his very…
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Paradise had four rivers that watered the earth.... and howsoever neglected by many, they make glad the city of God.…
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We know there is a sun in heaven, yet we cannot see what matter it is made of, but perceive…
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because…
— Aristotle
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
— Charles Babbage
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Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
— Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise…
— Dave Barry
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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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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…
— Joseph Addison
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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a…
— Joseph Addison
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
— Aeschylus
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I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
— Lord Byron
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Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind…
— Giacomo Casanova
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