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Owen Feltham, born in 1602 and died on February 23, 1668, was an English writer known for his fables and satirical works. His contributions to literature have had a profound impact on subsequent generations.

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Famous Owen Feltham Quotes

“Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect change is the way to perfect them. It gets the name of wilfulness when it will not admit of a lawful change to the better. Therefore constancy without knowledge cannot be always good. In things ill it is not virtue, but an absolute vice.”

Way Names Change Perfect Virtue Perfection Absolutes Ill Vices Imperfect Constancy

Book:Resolves: divine, moral and political

Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political

“Fear, if it be not immoderate, puts a guard about us that does watch and defend us; but credulity keeps us naked, and lays us open to all the sly assaults of ill-intending men: it was a virtue when man was in his innocence; but since his fall, it abuses those that own it.”

Ifs Men Doe Fall Watches Virtue Abuse Lays Ill Naked Innocence Assault Credulity Sly

Author:Owen Feltham

“Surely, if we considered detraction to be bred of envy, nested only in deficient minds, we should find that the applauding of virtue would win us far more honor than the seeking slyly to disparage it. That would show we loved what we commended, while this tells the world we grudge at what we want in ourselves.”

Ifs World Want Should Mind Shows Winning Virtue Honor Seeking Envy Grudge

Book:Resolves: divine, moral and political

Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political

“Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows one.”

May Causes Virtue Benefits Deserve Rewards Riches Noble

Author:Owen Feltham

“Virtue dwells at the head of a river, to which we cannot get but by rowing against the stream.”

Virtue Rivers Streams Rowing

Author:Owen Feltham

“Virtue is the truest liberty.”

Liberty Virtue Truest

Book:Resolves: divine, moral and political

Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political

“Virtue were a kind of misery if fame were all the garland that crowned her.”

Ifs Kind Virtue Fame Misery Garlands

Author:Owen Feltham

About the Author

Born: 1602
Died: February 23, 1668
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 76

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