More from John Henry Cardinal Newman

  1. A great memory does not make a philosopher, any more than a dictionary can be called grammar.
  2. Where good and ill together blent, Wage an undying strife.
  3. The world is content with setting right the surface of things.
  4. There is in stillness oft a magic power To calm the breast when struggling passions lower, Touched by its influence, in the soul arise Divi…
  5. Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.
  6. Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
  7. 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…
  8. To live is to change, and to perfect life is to have changed often.

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