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Good is never done except at the expense of those who do it: truth is never enforced except at the sacrifice of its propounders.
Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England (1851)
Nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well, that no one could find fault with it.
Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England (1851)
After he had gone over the mansion, his entertainer asked him what he thought of the splendours it contained; and he in reply did full justice to the riches of its owner and the skill of its decorators, but he added, "Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists."
Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England (1851)
I want a laity, not arrogant, not rash in speech, not disputatious, but men who know their religion, who enter into it, who know just where they stand, who know what they hold and what they do not, who know their creed so well, that they can give an account of it, and who know enough of history to defend it. I want an intelligent, well-instructed laity.
Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England (1851)