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Isaac Barrow quotes: The proper work of man, the grand drift of human life, is to follow reason, that noble spark kindled in us from heaven.

The proper work of man, the grand drift of human life, is to follow reason, that noble spark kindled in us from heaven.

Isaac Barrow quotes: He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Because Mathematicians frequently make use of Time, they ought to have a distinct idea of the meaning of that Word, otherwise they are Quacks.

Because Mathematicians frequently make use of Time, they ought to have a distinct idea of the meaning of that Word, otherwise they are Quacks.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense (Spence, Anecdotes

Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense (Spence, Anecdotes

Isaac Barrow quotes: The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Mr Newton, a fellow of our College, and very young, being but the second year master of arts; but of an extraordinary genius and proficiency.

Mr Newton, a fellow of our College, and very young, being but the second year master of arts; but of an extraordinary genius and proficiency.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Nature has concatenated our fortunes and affections together with indissoluble bands of mutual sympathy.

Nature has concatenated our fortunes and affections together with indissoluble bands of mutual sympathy.

Isaac Barrow quotes: I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Slander is a complication, a comprisal and sum of all wickedness.

Slander is a complication, a comprisal and sum of all wickedness.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Industry has annexed thereto the fairest fruits and the richest rewards.

Industry has annexed thereto the fairest fruits and the richest rewards.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.

Isaac Barrow quotes: None are too wise to be mistaken, but few are so wisely just as to acknowledge and correct their mistakes, and especially the mistakes of prejudice.

None are too wise to be mistaken, but few are so wisely just as to acknowledge and correct their mistakes, and especially the mistakes of prejudice.

Isaac Barrow quotes: We may be as good as we please, if we please to be good.

We may be as good as we please, if we please to be good.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.

Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance in it; and the farther on we go, the more we have to come

Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance in it; and the farther on we go, the more we have to come back.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.

Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Nothing hath wrought more prejudice to religion, or brought more disparagement upon truth, than boisterous and unseasonable zeal.

Nothing hath wrought more prejudice to religion, or brought more disparagement upon truth, than boisterous and unseasonable zeal.

Isaac Barrow quotes: We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.

We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.

Isaac Barrow quotes: Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

Isaac Barrow quotes: If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.

If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.

Isaac Barrow quotes: It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

Isaac Barrow quotes: It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.

It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.