John Jortin Quotes:
Life: October 23, 1698 - September 5, 1770
Birthday: October 23
Death: September 5
A man hath riches. Whence came they, and whither go they? for this is the way to form a judgment of the esteem which they and their possessor deserve. If they have been acquired by fraud or violence, if they make him proud and vain, if they minister to luxury and intemperance, if they are avariciously hoarded up and applied to no proper use, the possessor becomes odious and contemptible.
source: John Jortin (1787). “Sermons on Different Subjects: By the Late Reverend John Jortin, ...”, p.75
