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> [And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/and-i-pray-thee-loving-jesus-that-as-thou-hast-graciously-given-me-to/)

[Venerable Bede](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/venerable-bede/)

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## More by Venerable Bede

> [I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/i-was-no-longer-the-centre-of-my-life-and-therefore-i-could-see-god/)

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> [Christ is the Morning Star, who, when the night of this world is past, gives to his saints the promise of the light of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/christ-is-the-morning-star-who-when-the-night-of-this-world-is-past/)

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> [If history records good things about good people, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good; or if it records the evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/if-history-records-good-things-about-good-people-the-thoughtful/)

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> [All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/all-the-ways-of-this-world-are-as-fickle-and-unstable-as-a-sudden/)

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> [The ultimate Mystery of being, the ultimate Truth, is Love. This is the essential structure of reality. When Dante spoke of the 'love which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/the-ultimate-mystery-of-being-the-ultimate-truth-is-love-this-is-the/)

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> [I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/i-have-devoted-my-energies-to-the-study-of-the-scriptures-observing/)

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> [He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/he-alone-loves-the-creator-perfectly-who-manifests-a-pure-love-for/)

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> [I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/i-am-my-own-secretary-i-dictate-i-compose-i-copy-all-myself/)

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> [No man taketh away sins (which the law, though holy, just and good, could not take away), but He in whom there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/no-man-taketh-away-sins-which-the-law-though-holy-just-and-good-could/)

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> [We abide in God insofar as we do not sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/we-abide-in-god-insofar-as-we-do-not-sin/)

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> [Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/unfurl-the-sails-and-let-god-steer-us-where-he-will/)

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> [This life of man appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/this-life-of-man-appears-for-a-short-space-but-of-what-went-before-or/)

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> [While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/while-the-coliseum-stands-rome-shall-stand-when-the-coliseum-falls/)

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> [And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venerable-bede/and-i-pray-thee-loving-jesus-that-as-thou-hast-graciously-given-me-to/)

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