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William Temple Quotes

Valor gives awe, and promises protection to those who want heart or strength to defend themselves. This makes the authority of men among women, and that of a master buck in a numerous herd Picture Quote #1

Man is a thinking being, whether he will or no; all he can do is to turn his thoughts to best way Picture Quote #1

Some are brave men one day and cowards another, as great captains have often told me, from their own experience and observation Picture Quote #1

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor Picture Quote #1

Truth will be uppermost one time or another, like cork, though kept down in the water Picture Quote #1

When all is done, human life is, at the greatest, and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over Picture Quote #1

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Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves Picture Quote #1

I have always looked upon alchemy in natural philosophy to be like enthusiasm in divinity, and to have troubled the world much to the same purpose Picture Quote #1

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed Picture Quote #1

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to Picture Quote #1

People that trust wholly to other’s charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor Picture Quote #1

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Valor gives awe, and promises protection to those who want heart or strength to defend themselves. This makes the authority of men among women, and that of a master buck in a numerous herd (William Temple Quotes) Man is a thinking being, whether he will or no; all he can do is to turn his thoughts to best way (William Temple Quotes) Some are brave men one day and cowards another, as great captains have often told me, from their own experience and observation (William Temple Quotes) The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor (William Temple Quotes) Truth will be uppermost one time or another, like cork, though kept down in the water (William Temple Quotes) When all is done, human life is, at the greatest, and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over (William Temple Quotes) Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves (William Temple Quotes) I have always looked upon alchemy in natural philosophy to be like enthusiasm in divinity, and to have troubled the world much to the same purpose (William Temple Quotes) Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed (William Temple Quotes) Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to (William Temple Quotes) People that trust wholly to other’s charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor (William Temple Quotes)

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