The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable.
Francis AtterburyFew consider how much we are indebted to government, because few can represent how wretched mankind would be without it.
Francis AtterburyIt is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer.
Francis AtterburyNothing can be reckoned good or bad to us in this life, any further than it indisposes us for the enjoyment of another.
Francis AtterburyThey who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made in Scriptures would stand out against any evidence whatever, even that of a messenger sent express from the other world.
Francis AtterburyModesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who knew them practically by heart, had the greatest respect for them, and considered them to be men of genius and superior intelligence who had carried their discoveries in every field much further than we today suspect, judging from what remains of their writings. More ancient writings have been lost than have been preserved, and perhaps our new discoveries are of less value than those that we have lost.
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