Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.
More Quotes from William Temple:
To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, and to devote the will to the purpose of God.William Temple
The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
William Temple
Church is only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members.
William Temple
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
Leisure and solitude are the best effect of riches, because the mother of thought. Both are avoided by most rich men, who seek company and business, which are signs of being weary of themselves.
William Temple
Courage is not merely a virtue it is the virtue. Without it, there are no other virtues.
William Temple
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