More from John Henry Cardinal Newman

  1. There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years o…
  2. The world is content with setting right the surface of things.
  3. Nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well, that no one could find fault with it.
  4. A great memory does not make a philosopher, any more than a dictionary can be called grammar.
  5. After he had gone over the mansion, his entertainer asked him what he thought of the splendours it contained; and he in reply did full just…
  6. To be deep in history is to cease to be protestant.
  7. Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.
  8. Where good and ill together blent, Wage an undying strife.

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