Joseph Hall quotes

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. (Joseph Hall)
Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. View quote
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Perfection is the child of time... View quote
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A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. View quote
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There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be. View quote
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How easy it is for men to be swollen with admiration of their own strength and glory, and to be lifted up so high as to lose sight both of the ground whence they rose, and the hand that advanced them. View quote
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Mongst all these stirs of discontented strife, O, let me lead an academic life; To know much, and to think for nothing, know Nothing to have, yet think we have enow. View quote
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Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself. View quote
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A legal thief, a bloodless murderer, A fiend incarnate, a false usurer. View quote
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He is wealthy enough, that wanteth not: he is great enough, that is his own master: he is happy enough, that lives to die well. View quote
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So little in his purse, so much upon his back. (Joseph Hall)
We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy. View quote
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Let me know myself; let others guess at me. View quote
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He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others. View quote
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What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest! View quote
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And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in worse case. View quote
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He is great enough that is his own master. View quote
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A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself. View quote
Joseph Hall

Joseph Hall

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Occupation: British Bishop
Born: June 21, 1574
Died: September 8, 1656
Quotes count: 18
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