Coventry Patmore quotes - page 3

A man may read Plato without clearly comprehending much of what he means. He cannot read him without becoming, in some degree, a changed man. (Coventry Patmore)
Man, when he is in health and order of soul and body, is Mount Olympus, and in him, so long as he confesses that he is nothing in himself, are sensibly apparent the powers and majesties, beauties and beatitudes of all Gods and Goddesses. View quote
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Ninety-nine men in a hundred are natural men, that is, beasts of prey; and it is mere insanity, in business matters, to deal with a stranger upon any other assumption than that he is a natural man, though we should veil our knowledge of the actual fact by a courteous recognition in words and manners of his better possibilities. View quote
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He is irrational, however well he may be able to reason, who does not clearly see that good is good and truth truth. View quote
Coventry Patmore

Coventry Patmore

Coventry Patmore - Image
Occupation: English Poet
Born: July 23, 1823
Died: November 26, 1896
Quotes count: 54
Wikipedia: Coventry Patmore

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