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> [A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/a-saint-is-one-who-makes-goodness-attractive-surely-a-great-teacher/)

[Laurence Housman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-housman/)

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## More by Laurence Housman

> [I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/i-had-never-thought-of-myself-as-a-dramatist-and-for-really-good/)

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> [I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/i-still-think-that-if-the-human-race-or-even-one-nation-could-only/)

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> [The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a family of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/the-man-who-bears-my-name-and-who-claims-to-be-me-was-born-on-july-15/)

[Laurence Housman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-housman/)

> [A saint is one who makes goodness attractive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/a-saint-is-one-who-makes-goodness-attractive/)

[Laurence Housman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-housman/)

> [If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/if-i-live-for-another-ten-years-i-shall-probably-have-written-all/)

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> [It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world's wrong the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/it-is-right-and-natural-that-generous-minds-while-in-the-twenties/)

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> [Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/suicide-is-possible-but-not-probable-hanging-i-trust-is-even-more/)

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> [I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/i-have-always-been-a-writer-of-letters-and-of-long-ones-so-when-i/)

[Laurence Housman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-housman/)

> [I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/i-shall-not-die-young-for-i-am-already-near-seventy-i-may-die-old/)

[Laurence Housman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-housman/)

> [If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to it: I should only write letters to it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/if-i-loved-all-the-world-as-i-do-you-i-shouldn-t-write-books-to-it-i/)

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> [Father eternal, ruler of creation, Spirit of life, which moved ere form was made Through the thick darkness covering every nation Light to man's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/father-eternal-ruler-of-creation-spirit-of-life-which-moved-ere-form/)

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> [It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/it-is-the-sincerest-thing-i-have-written-caught-by-the-drama-of-a/)

[Laurence Housman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-housman/)

> [That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/that-was-luck-i-should-not-then-have-been-a-conscientious-objector/)

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> [It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/it-was-then-i-think-that-i-discovered-that-the-best-way-of-bringing-a/)

[Laurence Housman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-housman/)

> [A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-housman/a-saint-is-one-who-makes-goodness-attractive-surely-a-great-teacher/)

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