Coventry Patmore Quotes

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To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light.

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Courage, Light, Long

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One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.

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Wise, Truth, Men

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Root, the Rod and the Flower”, p.19, Lulu Press, Inc

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The woman is the man's glory, and she naturally delights in the praises which are assurances that she is fulfilling her function; and she gives herself to him who succeeds in convincing her that she, of all others, is best able to discharge it for him. A woman without this kind of "vanity" is a monster.

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Women, Vanity, Giving

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.20, Lulu.com

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Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions."

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Strength, Believe, Men

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.19, Lulu.com

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Those who know God know that it is quite a mistake to suppose that there are only five senses.

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God, Mistake, Five Senses

1896 The Rod, the Root, and the Flower,'Aurea Dicta', no.142.

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Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.

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Faith, Believe, Eye

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.9, Lulu.com

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A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.

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Doe, Different, Saint

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It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.

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Darkness, Blind, One Thing

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Root, the Rod and the Flower”, p.14, Lulu Press, Inc

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Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.

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Receiving, Asking, Asks

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Root, the Rod and the Flower”, p.12, Lulu Press, Inc

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A woman is a foreign land.

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Land, Foreign Lands

1854 TheAngel in the House, bk.2,The Espousal, canto 9, prelude 2,'The Foreign Land'.

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Uncommon things must be said in common words.

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Common, Said, Uncommon

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What a Lover sees in the Beloved is the projected shadow of his own potential beauty in the eyes of God.

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Eye, Shadow, Lovers

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.16, Lulu.com

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The moods of love are like the wind,
And none knows whence or why they rise.

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Life, Wind, Mood

Coventry Patmore (1863). “The betrothal. The espousals”, p.104

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The modern Agnostic improves upon the ancient by adding "I don't care" to "I don't know.

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Care, Agnostic, Ancient

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Root, the Rod and the Flower”, p.15, Lulu Press, Inc

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The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so.

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Desire, Incredibles, Coventry

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.13, Lulu.com

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Love wakes men, once a lifetime each; They lift their heavy lids, and look; And, lo, what one sweet page can teach They read with joy, then shut the book.

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Love, Sweet, Book

1854 TheAngel in the House, bk.1,The Betrothal, canto 8, prelude 2,'The Revelation'.

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Books are influential in proportion to their obscurity, provided that the obscurity be that of inexpressible Realities. The Bible is the most obscure book in the world. He must be a great fool who thinks he understands the plainest chapter of it.

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Book, Reality, Thinking

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Root, the Rod and the Flower”, p.23, Lulu Press, Inc

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To have noughtIs to have all things without care or thought!

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Care, All Things

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The promises of God are samples of what is promised; as a handful of wheat is of the barn.

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Promise, Barns, Wheat

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.18, Lulu.com

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Then sleep the seasons, full of might; While slowly swells the pod, And rounds the peach, and in the night The mushroom bursts the sod. The winter comes: the frozen rut Is bound with silver bars; the white drift heaps against the hut; and night is pierced with stars.

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Time, Stars, Sleep

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The Spirit of man is like a kite, which rises by means of those very forces which seem to oppose its rise; the tie that joins it to the earth, the opposing winds of temptation, and the weight of earth-born affections which it carries with it into the sky.

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Mean, Men, Sky

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.9, Lulu.com

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Kind souls, you wonder why, love you, When you, you wonder why, love none We love, Fool, for the good we do, Not that which unto us is done!

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Love You, Soul, Done

'A Riddle Solved' in 'The Angel in the House' (1854-62) bk. 1, canto 6, prelude 4 (1904 ed.)

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O, Heart, remember thee That Man is none, Save One.

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Heart, Men, Remember

Coventry Patmore (1906). “Poems: The unknown eros, Amelia, etc”

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Creation differs from subsistence only as the first leap of a fountain differs from its continuance.

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Firsts, Creation, Fountain

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.12, Lulu.com

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They who ask for no sign shall have many.

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Asks

Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Root, the Rod and the Flower”, p.17, Lulu Press, Inc

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Born: July 23, 1823
Died: November 26, 1896
Occupation: Poet
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