Coventry Patmore

None thrives for long upon the happiest dream.

— Coventry Patmore

The ardour chills us which we do not share.

— Coventry Patmore

A woman is a foreign land.

— Coventry Patmore

Uncommon things must be said in common words.

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O, Heart, remember thee That Man is none, Save One.

— Coventry Patmore

All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence.

— Coventry Patmore

Life is not life at all without delight.

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They who ask for no sign shall have many.

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Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom.

— Coventry Patmore

One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.

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Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.

— Coventry Patmore

The promises of God are samples of what is promised; as a handful of wheat is of the barn.

— Coventry Patmore

It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.

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Science is a line, art a superficies, and life or the knowledge of God, a solid.

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A moment's fruition of a true felicity is enough and eternity not too much.

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Those who know God know that it is quite a mistake to suppose that there are only five senses.

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I drew my bride, beneath the moon,Across my threshold; happy hour!But, ah, the walk that afternoonWe saw the water-flags in flower!

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To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he…

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Let me love Thee so that the honour, riches, and pleasures of the world may seem unworthy even of hatred - may…

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Love wakes men, once a lifetime each; They lift their heavy lids, and look; And, lo, what one sweet page can teach…

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

What a Lover sees in the Beloved is the projected shadow of his own potential beauty in the eyes of God.

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A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different…

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Kind souls, you wonder why, love you, When you, you wonder why, love none We love, Fool, for the good we do,…

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The woman is the man's glory, and she naturally delights in the praises which are assurances that she is fulfilling her function;…

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Books are influential in proportion to their obscurity, provided that the obscurity be that of inexpressible Realities. The Bible is the most…

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Then sleep the seasons, full of might; While slowly swells the pod, And rounds the peach, and in the night The mushroom…

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Ah, wasteful woman, she who may On her sweet self set her own price, Knowing man cannot choose but pay, How has…

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The Spirit of man is like a kite, which rises by means of those very forces which seem to oppose its rise;…

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If we may credit certain hints contained in the lives of the saints, love raises the spirit above the sphere of reverence…

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“The Angel in the House" Man must be pleased; but him to please Is woman's pleasure; down the gulf Of his condoled…

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“ The Toys My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law…

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Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.

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Creation differs from subsistence only as the first leap of a fountain differs from its continuance.

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Nearly all of our disasters come from a few fools having the courage of their convictions.

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To have noughtIs to have all things without care or thought!

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The modern Agnostic improves upon the ancient by adding "I don't care" to "I don't know.

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The moods of love are like the wind, And none knows whence or why they rise.

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The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter O.

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How light the touches are that kiss the music from the chords of life!

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