It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable. Roger L'Estrange More Quotes by Roger L'Estrange More Quotes From Roger L'Estrange He that upon a true principle lives, without any disquiet of thought, may be said to be happy. Roger L'Estrange principles may happiness What signifies the sound of words in prayer without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such an end? Roger L'Estrange prayer heart mean Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions. Roger L'Estrange favors practice men The very soul of the slothful does effectually but lie drowsing in his body, and the whole man is totally given up to his senses. Roger L'Estrange soul men lying What man in his right senses, that has wherewithal to live free, would make himself a slave for superfluities? What does that man want who has enough? Or what is he the better for abundance that can never be satisfied. Roger L'Estrange doe want men The lowest boor may laugh on being tickled, but a man must have intelligence to be amused by wit. Roger L'Estrange may laughing men Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind. Roger L'Estrange wit common enemy Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain. Roger L'Estrange minerva brain men Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty. Roger L'Estrange pain grief lying If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice to extinguish Christian virtues. Roger L'Estrange ungrateful vices christian Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them. Roger L'Estrange vanity imperfection taken The most insupportable of tyrants exclaim against the exercise of arbitrary power. Roger L'Estrange tyrants arbitrary exercise There is not one grain in the universe, either too much or too little, nothing to be added, nothing to be spared; nor so much as any one particle of it, that mankind may not be either the better or the worse for, according as it is applied. Roger L'Estrange too-much may littles Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below themselves to exercise either good nature or good manners. Roger L'Estrange exercise character thinking Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils. Roger L'Estrange pupils teaching should There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason. Roger L'Estrange brutal force reason Pretences go a great way with men that take fair words and magisterial looks for current payment. Roger L'Estrange men looks way It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit. Roger L'Estrange mortification bores men There are braying men in the world, as well as braying asses; for what is loud and senseless talking any other than away of braying? Roger L'Estrange talking men world Avarice is insatiable, and is always pushing on for more. Roger L'Estrange pushing-on insatiable pushing
