Quotes Jeremy Taylor

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in...

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God....

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opini...

Curiosity is the direct incontinence of the spirit....

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit....

Dive on them and squash them if you must....

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward....

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet ...

Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse thei...

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the g...

He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted a...

He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at h...

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his o...

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if f...

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, ...

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greates...

Love is friendship set on fire....

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, ...

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our...

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted tru...

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a fu...

No one is poor who does not think they are, however, if in p...

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship....

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine know...

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance....