There is no word or action but may be taken with two hands,--either with the right hand of charitable construction, or the sinister interpretation of malice and suspicion; and all things do succeed as they are taken. To construe an evil, action well is but a pleasing and profitable deceit to myself; but to misconstrue a good thing is a treble wrong,--to myself, the action, and the author.


The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works (ed. 1808)

Joseph Hall Quotes

There is no word or action but may be taken with two hands,--either with the right hand of charitable construction, or the sinister interpretation of ...

There is no word or action but may be taken with two hands,--either with the right hand of charitable construction, or the sinister interpretation of ...

There is no word or action but may be taken with two hands,--either with the right hand of charitable construction, or the sinister interpretation of ...

There is no word or action but may be taken with two hands,--either with the right hand of charitable construction, or the sinister interpretation of ...