"One century's saint is the next century's heretic……" — Ellis Peters
"One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man."
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Ellis Peters
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24 Quotes by Ellis Peters
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Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.
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All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.
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I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.
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Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.
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A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.
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What are wits for unless a man uses them?
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Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in…
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Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.
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Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.
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I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was…
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Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.
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Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people…
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