“Virtue is the truest liberty.”
Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political
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Famous Owen Feltham Quotes
“Virtue were a kind of misery if fame were all the garland that crowned her.”
“Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment”
“The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.”
“In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.”
“Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.”
Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political
“Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.”
“Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.”
“By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man.”
“Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.”
“How many would die did not hope sustain them.”
Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political
Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political
“Discontent is like ink poured into water, which fills the whole fountain full of blackness.”
“Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.”
Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political
“Take heed of a speedy professing friend; love is never lasting which flames before it burns.”