Joseph Hall Quotes

United Kingdom, Bishop
July 1, 1574 – September, 8, 1656.

Joseph Hall was an English bishop, satirist and moralist. His contemporaries knew him as a devotional writer, and a high-profile controversialist of the early 1640s. In church politics, he tended in fact to a middle way.

Also known as Satirist

Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

Joseph Hall
- Ask
- Prayers
- Receive
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Joseph Hall
- Virtues
- Moderation
- Pearl

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Joseph Hall
- Death
- Birth
- Grave
A good man is kinder to his enemy than bad men are to their friends.

Joseph Hall
- Friends
- Enemy
- Good Man
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

Joseph Hall
- Broken
- Reputation
- Spot
It is not sin that kills the soul, but impenitence.

Joseph Hall
- Soul
- Sin
- Kills
The life of doctrine is in application.

Joseph Hall
Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

Joseph Hall
- Enjoy
- Envy
- Pity

Heaven hath many tongues to talk of it, more eyes to behold it, but few hearts that rightly affect it.

Joseph Hall
- Eyes
- Heaven
- Hearts
Perfection is the child of time…

Joseph Hall
- Time
- Child
- Perfection