There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason. Roger L'Estrange More Quotes by Roger L'Estrange More Quotes From Roger L'Estrange It is a way of calling a man a fool when no attention is given to what he says. Roger L'Estrange callingattentionmen Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together. Roger L'Estrange tonguetogetherinspirational Resolve to see the world on the sunny side and you have almost won the battle at the outset. Roger L'Estrange battlenatureworld The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in fine, are those of the mind. Roger L'Estrange nextblessingmind Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves. Roger L'Estrange astrologystarskingdoms A body may well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream; but the less he heed them the better. Roger L'Estrange stressbodydream All duties are matters of conscience, with this restriction that a superior obligation suspends the force of an inferior one. Roger L'Estrange forcerestrictionmatter He that would live clear of envy must lay his finger on his mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot. Roger L'Estrange envyinkhands There is no creature so contemptible but by resolution may gain his point. Roger L'Estrange perseverancegainsmay Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools. Roger L'Estrange foolparentdanger Ingratitude is abhorred by God and man. Roger L'Estrange ingratitudemen Men talk as if they believed in God, but they live as if they thought there was none; their vows and promises are no more than words, of course. Roger L'Estrange vowmenpromise Some natures are so sour and ungrateful that they are never to be obliged. Roger L'Estrange obligedsourungrateful So long as we stand in need of a benefit, there is nothing dearer to us; nor anything cheaper when we have received it. Roger L'Estrange gratitudelongneeds To be longing for this thing to-day and for that thing to-morrow; to change likings for loathings, and to stand wishing and hankering at a venture--how is it possible for any man to be at rest in this fluctuant, wandering humor and opinion? Roger L'Estrange venturewishmen Tis not necessity, but opinion, that makes men miserable; and when we come to be fancy-sick, there's no cure. Roger L'Estrange fancysickmen Unruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself. Roger L'Estrange deafambitionadvice
