Jeremiah Seed Quotes

• La mente finita no puede comprender el infinito.

  Semilla de Jeremías

  Mind, Infinity, Infinite

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• Los grandes ingenios, como las grandes bellezas, consideran la mera estima como algo plano e insípido; nada menos que la admiración les satisfará.

  Semilla de Jeremías

  Looks, Admiration, Look Up

  Jeremiah Seed (1763). “Discourses on several important subjects: To which is added, Eight sermons preached at the Lady Moyer's lecture, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London”, p.130

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• It must descend, as the dew, upon the tender herb, or like melting flakes of snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

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  Fall, Snow, Mind

  Jeremiah Seed (1757). “Discourses on several important subjects. To which are added, 8 sermons preached at the lady Moyer's lecture, in the cathedral church of st. Paul, London”, p.351

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• We see how much a man has, and therefore we envy him; did we see how little he enjoys, we should rather pity him.

  Semilla de Jeremías

  Men, Envy, Littles

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• Be not ashamed to confess that you have been in the wrong. It is but owning that you now have more sense than you had before, to see your error; more humility to acknowledge it; more grace to correct it.

  Semilla de Jeremías

  Humility, Errors, Grace

  Jeremiah Seed (1757). “Discourses on several important subjects. To which are added, 8 sermons preached at the lady Moyer's lecture, in the cathedral church of st. Paul, London”, p.65

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• For we seldom admire the wit, when we dislike the man.

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  Men, He Man, Admire

  Jeremiah Seed (1763). “Discourses on several important subjects: To which is added, Eight sermons preached at the Lady Moyer's lecture, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London”, p.217

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• Los hombres de vivacidad e ingenio superiores, cuando toman un camino equivocado, son generalmente peores que los demás hombres: porque el ingenio, que consiste en una viva representación de ideas reunidas, da a cada objeto sensible esos toques de realce, y esa sorprendente imaginería, que es desconocida para los hombres de aprehensiones más lentas: el ingenio es a los objetos sensibles, lo que la luz es a los cuerpos; no se limita a mostrarlos como son en sí mismos: les da un color adventicio, que no es una propiedad inherente a ellos: les presta bellezas que no son las suyas propias.

  Semilla de Jeremías

  Men, Light, Ideas

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• That wit is truly amiable, which gladdens and enlivens every thing, which shines with a lustre gentle, but not faint, and powerful, but not glaring.

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  Powerful, Shining, Wit

  Jeremiah Seed (1763). “Discourses on several important subjects: To which is added, Eight sermons preached at the Lady Moyer's lecture, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London”, p.217

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