Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— 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…

— Coventry Patmore

The ardour chills us which we do not share.

— Coventry Patmore

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

— 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;…

— Coventry Patmore

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

— 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

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

None thrives for long upon the happiest dream.

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence.

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore

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

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For want of me the world's course will not fail;When all its work is done the lie shall rot;The truth is great…

— Coventry Patmore

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

— Coventry Patmore