Many are idly busy; Domitian was busy, but then it was in catching flies. - Jeremy Taylor - Quotesmemo.com

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As the observance of divine institutions is the cause of the greatness of republics, so the disregard of them produces their ruin; for where the fear of God is wanting, there the country will come to ruin, unless it be sustained the fear of the prince, which temporarily supply the want of religion.

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Jeremy Taylor

Many are idly busy; Domitian was busy, but then it was in catching flies.

Busy, Catching, Flies, Laziness

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God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

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It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

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Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful.

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It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent.

Man, Men, Omnipotent, Religious, Remembers, Sad

No man can hinder our private addresses to God; every man can build a chapel in his breast, himself the priest, his heart the sacrifice, and the earth he treads on, the altar.

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