Temple, Sir William
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Temple, Sir William
Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.
Temple, Sir William
Complaints and Complaining
Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
Temple, Sir William
Life and Living
When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Temple, Sir William
Humankind
No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.
Temple, Sir William
Poetry and Poets
When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don t, they don t.
Temple, Sir William
Prayer
The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one s own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
Temple, Sir William
Self-improvement
There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others.
Temple, Sir William
Age and Aging
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
Temple, Sir William
Abstinence
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed
Temple, Sir William
Books - Reading
The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.
Temple, Sir William
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.
Temple, Sir William
Books - Reading
The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.
Temple, Sir William
Ability
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
Temple, Sir William
Conversation