Quotes by Traherne, Thomas

An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be writt >>

You never know yourself till you know more than your body. >>

A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and >>

Quotations about Innocence

Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehension >>

The temperate person's pleasures are durable because they are regular; >>

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty. >>

Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious apprehensions of the world, than I when I was a child.

Traherne, Thomas