Francis Atterbury
Francis Atterbury
Francis Atterburywas an English man of letters, politician and bishop. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was mistrusted by the Hanoverian Whig ministries, and banished for communicating with the Old Pretender. He was a noted wit and a gifted preacher...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 March 1663
ministers priesthood nations
The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable.
office needs enmity
He who performs his duty in a station of great power must needs incur the utter enmity of many, and the high displeasure of more.
use charity life-is
What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ourselves; what we bequeath at our death is given from others only, as our nearest relations.
government would-be mankind
Few consider how much we are indebted to government, because few can represent how wretched mankind would be without it.
firsts steps sin
A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety, with less reluctance than he took the first step while his conscience was yet vigilant and tender.
degenerates hospitality madness
Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness, and ends in madness and folly.
heart writing men
Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who knew them practically by heart, had the greatest respect for them, and considered them to be men of genius and superior intelligence who had carried their discoveries in every field much further than we today suspect, judging from what remains of their writings. More ancient writings have been lost than have been preserved, and perhaps our new discoveries are of less value than those that we have lost.
future this-life enjoyment
Nothing can be reckoned good or bad to us in this life, any further than it indisposes us for the enjoyment of another.
future world importance
The things of another world being distant, operate but faintly upon us: to remedy this inconvenience, we must frequently revolve their certainty and importance.
humble people victory
A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident as to perpetuate their happiness.