Clerks Quote by John Heywood

The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men.

— John Heywood

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

— William Gilmore Simms

Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man Still to remember wrongs?

— William Shakespeare

Pastor: One employed by the wicked to prove to them by his example that virtue doesn't pay.

— H. L. Mencken

“I was astonished to learn in one of these best-selling books (on church life) that the size of my church parking lot had far…

— Eugene H. Peterson

“Jesus Creeping God! Is there a priest in this tavern? I want to confess! I'm a fucking sinner! Venal, mortal, carnal, major, minor -…

— Hunter S. Thompson

And a proverb haunts my mind As a spell is cast, The mill cannot grind With the water that is past.

— Sarah Doudney

“One does not have to be a priest to be a man!”

— Geraldine Brooks

And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.

— Sophocles

Remember that a good example is the best sermon.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

The worst that one can say of the Christian clergyman today is that he actually believes what he teaches.

— Chapman Cohen

The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but…

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon