Richard Cecil
Richard Cecil
Richard Cecilwas a leading Evangelical Anglican priest of the 18th and 19th centuries...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 November 1748
learning ignorant firsts
The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
cheating nurse infidelity
The nurse of infidelity is sensuality.
humility dust way
Abraham teaches us the right way of conversing with God : "And Abraham fell on his face, and God talked with him." When we plead with Him, our faces should be in the dust.
sorrow affliction bitterness
In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction.
entity fixed policy
There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making.
settling easier
It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.
worst folly prepare-for-the-worst
Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.
grateful humble men
An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.
punctuality method hinges
Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality.
time
If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.