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, builds a house, and gathers sweetness from every flower, and…

Quote by Jeremy Taylor

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

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

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive...

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive...

He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods...

He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods...

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

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

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

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches,...

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches,...

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it...

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it...

A wise man shall overrule his stars and have a greater influence upon his own...

A wise man shall overrule his stars and have a greater influence upon his own...

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

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

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.

Love is friendship set on fire.

Love is friendship set on fire.

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

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

Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God...

Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God...

'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and...

'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and...

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his...

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his...