Quote#Nature
Words cannot tell the abhorrence nature has of the piecemeal…
Quote byFrederick William Faber · 1814–1863
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Growth in Holiness (1855), Ch. XVI: "Temptations", p. 297..
English (original)
Words cannot tell the abhorrence nature has of the piecemeal captivity of little constraints. And as to little temptations, I can readily conceive a man having the grace to be roasted over a slow fire for our dearest Mother's Immaculate Conception or the Pope's Supremacy, who would not have the grace to keep his temper in a theological conversation on either of these points of the Catholic faith.
— Frederick William Faber
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