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Coventry Patmore
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“The Catholic Church itself has been nearly killed by the infection of the puritanism of the Reformation.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Good people and religious are the first to say, "He hath a devil" of any one whose way is widely different from and maybe greatly higher than their own.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothingness is capacity, and night the opportunity of light.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The dull and heavy hate of fools.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The cloud that is light to Israel is darkness to Egypt.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As the Word of God is God's image, so the word of man is his image, and "a man is known by his speech.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He is irrational, however well he may be able to reason, who does not clearly see that good is good and truth truth.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Holy indignation is a proof that we should do the same thing ourselves, and easy tears are a certain sign of a hard heart.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing remains with man unless it is insinuated with some delight.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The enthusiasm for goodness which shows that it is not the habit of the mind.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Enough's a surfeit to the soul.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life's warp of Heaven and woof of Hell.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Modern Philosophers, that wisely keep to sandy shallows, like shrimps, for fear of bigger fish.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The proper study of mankind is woman.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) first seen 1847 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vol. II, Ch. IX Letters to Mr. H. S. Sutton and Mrs. Sutton. Letter to H. S. Sutton (March 25, 1847), p. 149.