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If people would but provide for eternity with the same solicitude and real care as they do for this life, they could not fail of heaven.
John Tillotson
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John Tillotson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1630
Born: October 10
Died: 1694
Died: November 22
Archbishop Of Canterbury
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The covetous man heaps up riches, not to enjoy them, but to have them and starves himself in the midst of plenty, and most unnaturally cheats and robs himself of that which is his own and makes a hard shift, to be as poor and miserable with a great estate, as any man can be without it.
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There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men.
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Some things will not bear much zeal and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men.
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We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ashamed of us.
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The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
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