John Tillotson Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by John Tillotson:

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.
~John Tillotson


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The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.
~John Tillotson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-tillotson-quotes/#8fcf28d0

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.
~John Tillotson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-tillotson-quotes/#5042b32e

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-tillotson-quotes/#b58e76d1

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
~John Tillotson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-tillotson-quotes/#377e2cce

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
~John Tillotson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-tillotson-quotes/#e4ef19e1

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
~John Tillotson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-tillotson-quotes/#353a7fed

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.
~John Tillotson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-tillotson-quotes/#d18b5483

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