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Quotes from Memoirs and Correspondence — Coventry Patmore

1823–1896 England

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He is irrational, however well he may be able to reason, who does not clearly see that good is good and truth truth.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

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."

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

Nothing remains with man unless it is insinuated with some delight.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

Modern Philosophers, that wisely keep to sandy shallows, like shrimps, for fear of bigger fish.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

Holy indignation is a proof that we should do the same thing ourselves, and easy tears are a certain sign of a hard heart.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

The enthusiasm for goodness which shows that it is not the habit of the mind.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

Nothingness is capacity, and night the opportunity of light.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

The cloud that is light to Israel is darkness to Egypt.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

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.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

The dull and heavy hate of fools.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

Enough's a surfeit to the soul.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

The proper study of mankind is woman.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

Life's warp of Heaven and woof of Hell.

Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Coventry Patmore (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.