John Tillotson (October 1630 – 22 November 1694) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694. Read full biography of John Tillotson →
To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.
The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.
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... →
Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.
They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.
John Tillotson (October 1630 – 22 November 1694) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694.