Isaac BarrowThat in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concernin… ▶351ReflectionThoughtTruth
Isaac BarrowLet us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment. ✨ Isaac Barrow (1830). The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow, p.390377Reflection
Isaac BarrowWe should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.334Politics
Isaac BarrowHe who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter. ✨ Isaac Barrow (1818). The Theological Works… ▶368HopeLoveReading
Isaac BarrowEven private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope… ▶325Hope
Isaac BarrowThe reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries. ✨ Isaac Barrow, John Tillotson, Abraham Hill (1700). The works of the lear… ▶263Reading
Isaac BarrowThat men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please… ▶309PoliticsTruth
Isaac BarrowNothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor. ✨ Isaac Barrow (1831). The works of Dr. Isaac Barrow, p.280212LoveThought
Isaac BarrowThe fruits of the earth do not more obviously require labor and cultivation to prepare them for our use and subsistence, than our faculties demand instruction and regulation in or… ▶279Humanity
Isaac BarrowNo man speaketh, or should speak, of his prince, that which he hath not weighed whether it will consist with that veneration which should be preserved inviolate to him. ✨ Is… ▶2810Thought
Isaac BarrowI pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters. ✨ Isaac Barrow (1830). The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow, p.366202Death
Isaac BarrowBecause men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing. … ▶268Life
Isaac BarrowEvery ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.182Sadness
Isaac BarrowUpright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness. ✨ Isaac Barrow (1849). Eighteen Sermons on Various Subjects, p.38237Philosophy
Isaac BarrowMathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs. ✨ Isaac Barrow (1734). The Usefulness of Mathematical Learning E… ▶2410HumanityReading
Isaac BarrowSmiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth. ✨ Isaac Barrow (1859). The theological works of Isaac Barrow, ed. by A. Nap… ▶152Death
Isaac BarrowIt is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he converses and deals, to act uprightly, uniformly, and consistently. The pract… ▶131Thought
Isaac BarrowFacetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt. ✨ Isaac Barrow (1830). The Works of Dr. Isaac B… ▶187Philosophy
Isaac BarrowHe that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocentl… ▶155HopeLoveReading
Isaac BarrowIf 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 (1818). The Theological W… ▶149Hope
