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Joseph Hall quotes: It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most on Divine truth, that will prove the choicest, wisest, strongest Christian.

It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most on Divine truth, that will prove the choicest, wisest, strongest Christian.

Joseph Hall quotes: A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself.

A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself.

Joseph Hall quotes: Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.

Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.

Joseph Hall quotes: Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion.

Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion.

Joseph Hall quotes: We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

Joseph Hall quotes: Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing our election.

Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing our election.

Joseph Hall quotes: Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Joseph Hall quotes: If religion might be judged of according to men's intentions, there would scarcely be any idolatry in the world.

If religion might be judged of according to men's intentions, there would scarcely be any idolatry in the world.

Joseph Hall quotes: A good man is kinder to his enemy than bad men are to their friends.

A good man is kinder to his enemy than bad men are to their friends.

Joseph Hall quotes: Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

Joseph Hall quotes: He is great enough that is his own master.

He is great enough that is his own master.

Joseph Hall quotes: Those who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.

Those who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.

Joseph Hall quotes: I first adventure, follow me who list And be the second English satirist

I first adventure, follow me who list And be the second English satirist

Joseph Hall quotes: Heaven hath many tongues to talk of it, more eyes to behold it, but few hearts that rightly affect it.

Heaven hath many tongues to talk of it, more eyes to behold it, but few hearts that rightly affect it.

Joseph Hall quotes: God loveth adverbs; and cares not how good, but how well.

God loveth adverbs; and cares not how good, but how well.

Joseph Hall quotes: It is not sin that kills the soul, but impenitence.

It is not sin that kills the soul, but impenitence.

Joseph Hall quotes: Earthly greatness is a nice thing, and requires so much chariness in the managing, as the contentment of it cannot requite.

Earthly greatness is a nice thing, and requires so much chariness in the managing, as the contentment of it cannot requite.

Joseph Hall quotes: Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good.

Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good.

Joseph Hall quotes: For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his neck.

For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his neck.

Joseph Hall quotes: If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

Joseph Hall quotes: The best ground untilled, soonest runs out into rank weeds. A man of knowledge that is negligent or uncorrected, cannot but grow wild and godless.

The best ground untilled, soonest runs out into rank weeds. A man of knowledge that is negligent or uncorrected, cannot but grow wild and godless.

Joseph Hall quotes: Perfection is the child of time.

Perfection is the child of time.

Joseph Hall quotes: The idle man is the devil's cushion.

The idle man is the devil's cushion.

Joseph Hall quotes: He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.

He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.

Joseph Hall quotes: Not only commission makes a sin. A man is guilty of all those sins he hateth not. If I cannot avoid all, yet I will hate all.

Not only commission makes a sin. A man is guilty of all those sins he hateth not. If I cannot avoid all, yet I will hate all.

Joseph Hall quotes: It is a shame for the tongue to cast itself upon the uncertain pardon of other's ears

It is a shame for the tongue to cast itself upon the uncertain pardon of other's ears

Joseph Hall quotes: What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!

What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!

Joseph Hall quotes: How endless is that volume which God hath written of the world! Every creature is a letter, every day a new page.

How endless is that volume which God hath written of the world! Every creature is a letter, every day a new page.

Joseph Hall quotes: The blood that is once inflamed with wine is apt to boil with rage.

The blood that is once inflamed with wine is apt to boil with rage.

Joseph Hall quotes: The proud man hath no God; the enviousman hath no neighbor; the angry manhath not himself.

The proud man hath no God; the envious
man hath no neighbor; the angry man
hath not himself.

Joseph Hall quotes: Society is the atmosphere of souls; and we necessarily imbibe from it something which is either infectious or healthful.

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

Joseph Hall quotes: The life of doctrine is in application.

The life of doctrine is in application.

Joseph Hall quotes: A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

Joseph Hall quotes: There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.

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

Joseph Hall quotes: Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees I can bear no more.

Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees I can bear no more.

Joseph Hall quotes: And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in worse case.

And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in worse case.

Joseph Hall quotes: It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

Joseph Hall quotes: Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

Joseph Hall quotes: I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together.

I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together.

Joseph Hall quotes: For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.

For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.

Joseph Hall quotes: Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.

Joseph Hall quotes: Our good purposes foreslowed are become our tormentors upon our deathbed.

Our good purposes foreslowed are become our tormentors upon our deathbed.

Joseph Hall quotes: Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear not.

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

Joseph Hall quotes: What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is worthy of everlasting and thankful memory.

What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is worthy of everlasting and thankful memory.

Joseph Hall quotes: [W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes.

[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes.

Joseph Hall quotes: Try to be of some use to others.

Try to be of some use to others.

Joseph Hall quotes: Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

Joseph Hall quotes: Nothing doth so fool a man as extreme passion. This doth make them fools which otherwise are not, and show them to be fools which are so.

Nothing doth so fool a man as extreme passion. This doth make them fools which otherwise are not, and show them to be fools which are so.

Joseph Hall quotes: Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Joseph Hall quotes: Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.

Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.