Jeremy Taylor Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.”
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“Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.”
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“Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.”
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“He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.”
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“Dive on them and squash them if you must.”
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“Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.”
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“A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity.”
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“It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.”
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“Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters after her image, but far more beautiful and prosperous.”
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