Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.
More Quotes from John Henry Newman:
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
We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.
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Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall ever have a beginning.
John Henry Newman
There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
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A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.
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And with the morn those angel faces smile; Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
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