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John Tillotson
British
Theologian
About the author
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.
John Tillotson,
British
Theologian
#Nothing
#Word
#Silence
#Obligation
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.
John Tillotson,
British
Theologian
#Ignorance
#Ruin
#Mankind
#Causes
Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.
John Tillotson,
British
Theologian
#End
#Man
#Men
#Road
#Journey
#Traveling
#Sincerity
The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
John Tillotson,
British
Theologian
#Art
#Cunning
#Deceit
The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.
John Tillotson,
British
Theologian
#Danger
They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.
John Tillotson,
British
Theologian
#Liberty
#Power
To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
John Tillotson,
British
Theologian
#Reason
#Argument
#Mind
Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
John Tillotson,
British
Theologian
#Men
#Fools
#Zeal