Virtue is not a mushroom, that springeth up of itself in one night when we are asleep, or regard it not; but a delicate plant, that groweth slowly and tenderly, needing much pains to cultivate it, much care to guard it, much time to mature it, in our untoward soil, in this world's unkindly weather.
Incredulity is not wisdom, but the worst kind of folly. It is folly, because it causes ignorance and mistake, with all the consequents of these; and … - Isaac Barrow
Incredulity is not wisdom, but the worst kind of folly. It is folly, because it causes ignorance and mistake, with all the consequents of these; and …
- Isaac Barrow
If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church. - Isaac Barrow
If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.
We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own. - Isaac Barrow
We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.
Shall we keep our hands in our bosom, or stretch ourselves on our beds of laziness, while all the world about us is hard at work, in pursuing the des… - Isaac Barrow
Shall we keep our hands in our bosom, or stretch ourselves on our beds of laziness, while all the world about us is hard at work, in pursuing the des…
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he converses and deals, to act uprightly, uniforml… - Isaac Barrow
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he converses and deals, to act uprightly, uniforml…
He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter. - Isaac Barrow
He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.
An accomplished mathematician, i.e. a most wretched orator. - Isaac Barrow
An accomplished mathematician, i.e. a most wretched orator.
As a stick, when once it is dry and stiff you may break it, but you can never bend it into a straighter posture; so doth the man become incorrigible … - Isaac Barrow
As a stick, when once it is dry and stiff you may break it, but you can never bend it into a straighter posture; so doth the man become incorrigible …
We may be as good as we please, if we please to be good. - Isaac Barrow
We may be as good as we please, if we please to be good.
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