Quote#Wisdom
I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles,…
Quote byHorace Mann · 1796–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) edited by Tryon Edwards.
English (original)
I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
— Horace Mann
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