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The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

~John Henry Newman

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From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.

~John Henry Newman

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Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.

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A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

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Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

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Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.

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We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.

~John Henry Newman

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It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

~John Henry Newman

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Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

~John Henry Newman

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It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

~John Henry Newman

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Clergyman

Born: February 21st, 1801

Died: August 11th, 1890

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