Thomas Sherlock Quotes

• There is no dispute managed without passion, and yet there is scarce a dispute worth a passion.

  Thomas Sherlock

  Passion, Disputes, Controversy

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• Sins may be forgiven through repentance, but no act of wit will ever justify them.

  Thomas Sherlock

  May, Sin, Repentance

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• Nothing is truly infamous, but what is wicked; and therefore shame can never disturb an innocent and virtuous mind.

  Thomas Sherlock

  Mind, Wicked, Infamous

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• There is not such a mighty difference as some men imagine between the poor and the rich; in pomp, show, and opinion, there is a great deal, but little as to the pleasures and satisfactions of life. They enjoy the same earth and air and heavens; hunger and thirst make the poor man's meat and drink as pleasant and relishing as all the varieties which cover the rich man's table; and the labor of a poor man is more healthful, and many times more pleasant, too, than the ease and softness of the rich.

  Thomas Sherlock

  Men, Differences, Air

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 454, 1895.

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• Those men who destroy a healthful constitution of body by intemperance as manifestly kill themselves as those who hang or poison or drown themselves.

  Thomas Sherlock

  Suicide, Men, Body

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