Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom.
Coventry Patmore Quotes
1823–1896 England
Coventry Kearsey Deighton Patmore (July 23, 1823 – November 26, 1896) was an English poet and critic.
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Also known as: Coventry Kearsey Deighton Patmore, Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
65 quotes
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
Science is a line, art a superficies, and life, or the knowledge of God, a solid.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
How light the touches are that kiss
The music from the chords of life!
The Angel in the House (1854)
Nothing remains with man unless it is insinuated with some delight.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
How amiable and innocent
Her pleasure in her power to charm!
The Angel in the House (1854)
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Modern Philosophers, that wisely keep to sandy shallows, like shrimps, for fear of bigger fish.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
The modern Agnostic improves upon the ancient by adding "I don't care" to "I don't know".
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
The enthusiasm for goodness which shows that it is not the habit of the mind.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
The midge's wing beats to and fro
A thousand times ere one can utter "O!"
The Unknown Eros (1877)
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Pride does much and ill, Love does little and well.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Life is not life at all without delight.
The Unknown Eros (1877)
Creation differs from subsistence only as the first leap of a fountain differs from its continuance.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Coventry Patmore (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.