A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a p…

John Henry Newman
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A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.
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Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists. ✨ John Henry Newman (1857). Lectures on the present position of Catholics in England: adressed to the brothers of the Oratory, p.4
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. ✨ 'The Idea of a University' (1852) 'Knowledge and Religious Duty'
Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his. ✨ John Henry Newman: Spiritual Writings.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. ✨ John Henry Newman (1845). An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, p.39, CreateSpace

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