I am no Hindu, but I hold the doctrine of the Hindus concerning a future state (rebirth) to be incomparably more rational, more pious, and more likely to deter men from vice than the horrid opinions inculcated by Christians on punishments without end.
Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself. - William Jones
Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself.
- William Jones
Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile. - William Jones
Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile.
An experiment in nature, like a text in the Bible, is capable of different interpretations, according to the preconceptions of the interpreter. - William Jones
An experiment in nature, like a text in the Bible, is capable of different interpretations, according to the preconceptions of the interpreter.
I have carefully and regularly perused the Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important… - William Jones
I have carefully and regularly perused the Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important…
The Bible is the light of my understanding, the joy of my heart, the fullness of my hope, the clarified of my affections, the mirror of my thoughts, … - William Jones
The Bible is the light of my understanding, the joy of my heart, the fullness of my hope, the clarified of my affections, the mirror of my thoughts, …
Cruelty to dumb animals is one of the distinguishing vices of low and base minds. Wherever it is found, it is a certain mark of ignorance and meannes… - William Jones
Cruelty to dumb animals is one of the distinguishing vices of low and base minds. Wherever it is found, it is a certain mark of ignorance and meannes…
The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisi… - William Jones
The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity is of wonderful structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisi…
My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed. - William Jones
My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.
Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven. - William Jones
Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.
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