Women Quotes by Coventry Patmore

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!

— Coventry Patmore

Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come…

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

The ardour chills us which we do not share.

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore