WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:53:59 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg salacious – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Taylor, Jeremy -- The Rules and Exercises of Holy Living (1650) https://wist.info/taylor-jeremy/32498/ https://wist.info/taylor-jeremy/32498/#respond Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:03:42 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=32498 Every man hath in his own life sins enough, in his own mind trouble enough, in his own fortune evils enough, and in performance of his offices failings more than enough, to entertain his own inquiry; so that curiosity after the affairs of others cannot be without envy, and an evil mind. What is it to me, if my neighbour’s grandfather were a Syrian, or his grandmother illegitimate; or that another is indebted five thousand pounds, or whether his wife be expensive?


Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) English cleric and author
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