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Quote by Isaac Watts

“Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams.”

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Isaac Watts was an English writer, primarily known for his hymns and educational works. Born on July 17, 1674, he is credited with shaping the hymnody of the English-speaking world. Watts' writings emphasized moral and spiritual themes, and he is remembered for his influential educational philosophy that emphasized the importance of early childhood education. more

“Some persons believe everything that their kindred, their parents, and their tutors believe. The veneration and the love which they have for their ancestors incline them to swallow down all their opinions at once, without examining what truth or falsehood there is in them. Men take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.”

Men Believe Persons Parent Born Opinion Principles Prejudice Ancestor Falsehood Estates Inheritance Heirs Examining Kindred Incline Veneration Tutor

Book:Logic, Or The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry After Truth: With a Variety of Rules to Guard Against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as Well as in the Sciences

Source: Logic, Or The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry After Truth: With a Variety of Rules to Guard Against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as Well as in the Sciences

“The eyes of a man in the jaundice make yellow observations on everything; and the soul tinctured with any passion diffuses a false color over the appearance of things.”

Men Soul Eye Passion Color Prejudice Appearance Observation Yellow Jaundice

Author:Isaac Watts

“As a man may be eating all day, and for want of digestion is never nourished, so these endless readers may cram themselves in vain with intellectual food.”

Men Want May Reading Reader Eating Intellectual Endless Vain Digestion

Book:The Improvement of the Mind

Source: The Improvement of the Mind

“In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.”

Men Persons Character Common Wise Majors Folly Discourse

Book:Logic: Or, The Right Use of Reason, in the Inquiry After Truth

Source: Logic: Or, The Right Use of Reason, in the Inquiry After Truth

“In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.”