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title: "3 Charles Villiers Stanford Quotes"
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# Charles Villiers Stanford

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##  Quotes by Charles Villiers Stanford

> [Human excellence, parted from God, is like a fable flower, which, according to Rabbis, Eve plucked when passing out of paradise--severed from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-villiers-stanford/human-excellence-parted-from-god-is-like-a-fable-flower-which/)

[Charles Villiers Stanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-villiers-stanford/)

[Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/charles-villiers-stanford-7790_beautiful_human-excellence-parted-from-god-is-like_244588.jpg)

> [Heaven must be in me before I can be in heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-villiers-stanford/heaven-must-be-in-me-before-i-can-be-in-heaven/)

[Charles Villiers Stanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-villiers-stanford/)

[Heaven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heaven/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/charles-villiers-stanford-7790_heaven_heaven-must-be-in-me-before-i-can-be-in_263175.jpg)

> [To love as Christ loves is to let our love be a practical and not a sentimental thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-villiers-stanford/to-love-as-christ-loves-is-to-let-our-love-be-a-practical-and-not-a/)

[Charles Villiers Stanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-villiers-stanford/)

[Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a77/charles-villiers-stanford-7790_christ_to-love-as-christ-loves-is-to-let-our-lo_323293.jpg)

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