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“There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.”

Book:Devotions, Sacred Aphorisms and Religious Table Talk: Selected from the Writings of the Eminently Pious and Learned Bishop Hall ; to which is Prefixed a Brief Memoir of the Author

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Devotions, Sacred Aphorisms and Religious Table Talk: Selected from the Writings of the Eminently Pious and Learned Bishop Hall ; to which is Prefixed a Brief Memoir of the Author

The volume presents a collection of spiritual and religious insights from the works of Bishop Hall, a figure known for his piety and scholarly pursuits. The text includes extracts from his writings that focus on devotion and religious discourse, accompanied by a concise biography that provides context on the author's life and work. more

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Joseph Hall

Joseph Hall, a renowned English writer, was born on July 1, 1574, and died on September 8, 1656. Known for his satirical works, Hall's influence has been profound on subsequent literature and thought. more

“Christian society is like a bundle of sticks laid together, whereof one kindles another. Solitary men have fewest provocations to evil, but, again, fewest incitations to good. So much as doing good is better than not doing evil will I account Christian good-fellowship better than an hermitish and melancholy solitariness.”

Men Christian Together Evil Society Accounts Sticks Melancholy Solitary Fellowship Doing Good Kindles Bundles Provocation Solitary Man

Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

“Society is the atmosphere of souls; and we necessarily imbibe from it something which is either infectious or healthful.”

Soul Society Atmosphere

Author:Joseph Hall

“Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear not.”

Sometimes Virtue Crowds Thick Troops

Book:The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

Source: The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works

“I wish the English still possessed a shred of the old sense of humour which Puritanism, and dyspepsia, and newspaper reading, and tea-drinking have nearly extinguished.”