The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years l…

C. S. Lewis
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The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said ✨ C. S. Lewis (1964). Reflections on the Psalms, p.81, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The very man who has argued you down, will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said ✨ C. S. Lewis (1964). Reflections on the Psalms, p.81, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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