John Tillotson Quotes

"Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind."
- John Tillotson
(Related: Causes, Ignorance, Mankind, Ruin)

"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
(Related: Men, End, Journey, Man, Road, Sincerity, Traveling)

"The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user."
- John Tillotson
(Related: 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
(Related: 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
(Related: Power, Liberty)

"To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind."
- John Tillotson
(Related: Argument, Mind, Reason)

"Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools."
- John Tillotson
(Related: Men, Fools, Zeal)