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Francis Atterbury Quotes

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It’s attention to detail that makes the difference between average and stunning,  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) There is a variety in tempers of good men  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness, and ends in madness and folly  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) The smallest act of charity shall stand us in great stead  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) It’s attention to detail that makes the difference between average and stunning  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) Few consider how much we are indebted to government, because few can represent how wretched mankind would be without it  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident as to perpetuate their happiness  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner; so that we are but little aware of them and less able to withstand them  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety, with less reluctance than he took the first step while his conscience was yet vigilant and tender  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) Luther deters me from solitariness; but he does not mean from a sober solitude that rallies our scattered strengths and prepares us against any new encounter from without  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) Though fanaticism drinks at many founts, its predisposing cause is mostly the subject of an invisible futurity  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) He who performs his duty in a station of great power must needs incur the utter enmity of many, and the high displeasure of more  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) A just and wise magistrate is a blessing as extensive as the community to which he belongs; a blessing which includes all other blessings whatsoever that relate to this life  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ourselves; what we bequeath at our death is given from others only, as our nearest relations  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) The things of another world being distant, operate but faintly upon us: to remedy this inconvenience, we must frequently revolve their certainty and importance  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyments of this  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who knew them practically by heart, had the greatest respect for them, and considered them to be men of genius and superior intelligence who had carried their discoveries in every field much further than we today suspect, judging from what remains of their writings. More ancient writings have been lost than have been preserved, and perhaps our new discoveries are of less value than those that we have lost  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation upon whom it is bestowed  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) A good character when established should not be rested in as an end, but only employed as a means of doing still further good  (Francis Atterbury Quotes) The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow  (Francis Atterbury Quotes)