Thomas Sprat
Thomas Sprat
Thomas Sprat, was an English churchman, Bishop of Rochester from 1684...
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Thomas Sprat quotes about
self-improvement care dislike
What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself.
forever wickedness goodness
Forever all goodness will be most charming; forever all wickedness will be most odious.
married proportion trifles
A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles.
heart mean science
Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold, a nimble, a restless mind: a thousand difficulties must be contemn'd with which a mean heart would be broken: many attempts must be made to no purpose: much Treasure must sometimes be scatter'd without any return: much violence, and vigour of thoughts must attend it: some irregularities, and excesses must be granted it, that would hardly be pardon'd by the severe Rules of Prudence.
spring fall miscarriage
Passion is the great mover and spring of the soul. When men’s passions are strongest, they may have great and noble effects; but they are then also apt to fall into the greatest miscarriages.
enjoyment greediness
Greediness of getting more deprives... the enjoyment of what it had got.