Quotes by Jeremy Taylor
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It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.
jeremy taylor
A wise man shall overrule his stars and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.
jeremy taylor
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold ...
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Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.
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Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.
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Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit
jeremy taylor
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, ...
jeremy taylor
The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.
