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John Norris
2 quotes
“How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone. But those which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisite and strong,— Like angels’ visits, short and bright; Mortality ’s too weak to bear them long.”
John Norris (1657–1711) said by 1711 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“....but I use the word (devotion) in a greater latitude so as to comprehend under it faith, hope, love, fear, trust, humility, submission, honour , reverence, adoration, thanksgiving in a word all that duty which we owe to God.”
John Norris (1657–1711) said by 1711 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source