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.

Quote by Jeremy Taylor

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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...

Love is a check that can be forged that can be cashed. Love is a...

Love is a check that can be forged that can be cashed. Love is a...

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

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

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

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...

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

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.

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...

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

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit.

Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters...

Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters...

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread...

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread...

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.

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

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

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

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

Love is friendship set on fire

Love is friendship set on fire

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...

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies.

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies.

There is no better boat than a horoscope to help a man cross over the...

There is no better boat than a horoscope to help a man cross over the...