Quote#Wisdom
There is one that passeth all the other, and is the most diligent…
Quote byHugh Latimer · 1485–1555
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sermon on the Plough, 29 January 1548. (G. E. Corrie (ed.), Sermons by Hugh Latimer, sometime Bishop of Worcester, Martyr, 1555 (Cambridge University Press, 1844), pp. 70-1.).
English (original)
There is one that passeth all the other, and is the most diligent prelate and preacher in all England. And will ye know who it is? I will tell you: it is the devil.
— Hugh Latimer
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