Quotes by Richard Cecil

Richard Cecil

A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.

Horse

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Wise

Abraham teaches us the right way of conversing with God : “And Abraham fell on his face, and God talked with him.” When we plead with Him, our faces should be in the dust.

Dust

Humility

Way

All extremes are error. The reverse of error is not truth, but error still. Truth lies between extremes.

Errors

Lying

Reverse

An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.

Grateful

Humble

Men

An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than to run, and better to stand than to walk, and better to sit than to stand, and better to lie than to sit. He hugs himself into the notion, that God calls him to be quiet.

Lying

Men

Running

Duties are ours; events are God’s. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes.

Dying

Events

Eye

Eloquence is vehement simplicity.

Eloquence

Simplicity

Vehement

Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself.

Book

Character

Men

Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.

Gold

Lying

Men

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

Beautiful

Beauty

Years

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Quotes by Richard Cecil

Richard Cecil

A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.

Abraham teaches us the right way of conversing with God : “And Abraham fell on his face, and God talked with him.” When we plead with Him, our faces should be in the dust.

All extremes are error. The reverse of error is not truth, but error still. Truth lies between extremes.

An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.

An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than to run, and better to stand than to walk, and better to sit than to stand, and better to lie than to sit. He hugs himself into the notion, that God calls him to be quiet.

Duties are ours; events are God’s. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes.

Eloquence is vehement simplicity.

Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself.

Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

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