Quote#Love
Perfect love casteth out fear, the Bible says; but, to speak it…
Quote byJohn Buchan · 1875–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Prester John (1910), Ch. IX.
English (original)
Perfect love casteth out fear, the Bible says; but, to speak it reverently, so does perfect hate.
— John Buchan
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