The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty. Thomas Adams More Quotes by Thomas Adams More Quotes From Thomas Adams Sense of sin may be often great, and more felt than grace; yet not be more than grace. A man feels the ache of his finger more sensibly than the health of his whole body; yet he knows that the ache of a finger is nothing so much as the health of the whole body. Thomas Adams bodygracemen Better a holy discord than a profane concord. Thomas Adams profanediscordholy His father was no man's friend but his own, and he is no man's for else. Thomas Adams menfatherenemy Both in thy private sessions, and the universal assizes, thou shalt be sure of the same Judge, the same jury, the same witnesses, the same verdict. How certain thou art to die, thou knowest; how soon to die, thou knowest not. Measure not thy life with the longest; that were to piece it out with flattery. Thou canst name no living man, not the sickest, which thou art sure shall die before thee. Thomas Adams blessingchristianart Even the tired horse, when he comes near home, mends pace: be good always, without weariness, but best at last; that the nearer thou comest to the end of thy days, the nearer thou mayest be to the end of thy hopes, the salvation of thy soul. Thomas Adams horsechristianhome He who demands mercy and shows none burns the bridges over which he himself must later pass. Thomas Adams ON ANGER: "It is the base and vile bramble, the fruit of the earth's curse, that tears and rends what is next to it." Thomas Adams Thomas Adams One eye-witness is better than ten ear-witnesses. Thomas Adams Repentance is a change of the mind, and regeneration is a change of the man. Thomas Adams Sin is the strength of death and the death of strength. Thomas Adams
