Jeremy Taylor ( 5 of 25 )
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let
alone.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let
alone.
Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined read more
Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity; but marriage, like the useful bee, builds a house, and gathers sweetness from every flower, and labors and unites
Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an read more
Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.
Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at
their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, read more
Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at
their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, Harcatius,
the king of Parthia, was a mole-catcher; and Biantes, the Lydian,
filed needles.
The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.
The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.
