Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Quotes:
Ocupation: Politician
Life: September 16, 1678 - December 12, 1751
Birthday: September 16
Death: December 12
It is the modest, not the presumptuous, inquirer who makes a real and safe progress in the discovery of divine truths. One follows Nature and Nature's God; that is, he follows God in his works and in his word.
source: Henry St John's letter to Alexander Pope, as quoted in "The Work of Lord Bolingbroke: With a Life, Prepared Expressly for this Edition, Containing Additional Information Relative to His Personal and Public Character, Selected from the Best Authorities. In Four Volumes. Volume III", 1841.
topic: Real, Discovery, Progress, Inquirers
