Quote#Love
... St. Paul was right. It is just here as it is in fifty other…
Quote byAndrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd · 1825–1899
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: From a Quiet Place (1879), Chapter II. The Love of Money the Root of All Good, pp. 16–31, quote from p. 21.
English (original)
... St. Paul was right. It is just here as it is in fifty other things; there is the use of a thing and its abuse. The love of anything may be the root of much evil. The love of orthodoxy, of sound doctrine, what can be better than that? And yet I have known it lead to misrepresentation, lying, slandering, malice, and all uncharitableness.
— Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd
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