Jeremy Taylor Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.”

“If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous.”

“Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.”

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

“When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying.”

“Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.”

“Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.”

“No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.”

“The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.”

“Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.”