Quotes by John Tillotson

About John Tillotson:

John Tillotson was the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694.
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For a Man cannot believe a Miracle without relying upon Sense, nor Transubstantiation without renouncing it. So that never were any two things so ill coupled together as the Doctrine of Christianity and that of Transubstantiation, because they draw s...

John Tillotson

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

John Tillotson

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.

John Tillotson

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

John Tillotson

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

John Tillotson

The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.

John Tillotson

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.

John Tillotson

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

John Tillotson

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.

John Tillotson

Author Bio

  • NameJohn Tillotson
  • DescriptionArchbishop of Canterbury
  • Born1630
  • DiedNovember 22, 1694
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPriest
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society