Gilbert Burnet Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“...learning chiefly in mathematical sciences can so swallow up and fix one's thought, as to possess it entirely for some time; but when that amusement is over, nature will return, and be where it was, being rather diverted than overcome by such speculations.”
-- Gilbert Burnet

#Return #Overcoming #Amusement
“An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683), who, in speaking of religion, said, "People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion." To the inquiry of "What religion?" the Earl said, "Men of sense never tell it."”
-- Gilbert Burnet

#Men #People #Anecdotes
“The Duke of Buckingham gave me once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true: the King (he said) could see things if he would, and the Duke would see things if he could.”
-- Gilbert Burnet

#Brother #Kings #Character
“One of the strangest catastrophes that is in any history. A great king, with strong armies and mighty fleets, a great treasure and powerful allies, fell all at once, and his whole strength, like a spider's web, was... irrecoverably broken at a touch.”
-- Gilbert Burnet

#Strong #Kings #Powerful
“The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very expensive and dilatory.”
-- Gilbert Burnet

#Law #England #Grievance

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