John Tillotson
John Tillotson
John Tillotsonwas the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTheologian
helpful abstinence ends
Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion.
revenge anger storm
Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.
anger liable controversy
The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong.
nice men dust
The little and short sayings of nice And excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least sparks of diamonds.
strong passion men
No man's body is as strong as his appetites, but Heaven has corrected the boundlessness of his voluptuous desires by stinting his strength and contracting his capacities.
bible book world
With the history of Moses no book in the world, in point of antiquity, can contend.
reality religion world
Religion in a magistrate strengthens his authority, because it procures veneration, and gains a reputation to it. In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.
men religion purpose
Take away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves.
wise men religion
Whether religion be true or false, it must be necessarily granted to be the only wise principle and safe hypothesis for a man to live and die by.
soul suffering frailty
If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state.
greatness men practice
Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness.
arbitrary wickedness vices
Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness.
wisdom two understanding
Wisdom and understanding are synonymous words; they consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed.
men bears sober
Some things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men.