Author: Thomas Becket

Quotes

When is constancy required, except under persecution. Are not friends then proved? If they always yield, how can they ever succeed? They must, one time or other, make a stand.

When is constancy required, except under persecution. Are not friends then proved? If they always yield, how can they ever succeed? They must, one time or other, make a stand.

- Thomas Becket

My hopes are laid up within my own bosom, for he is not alone with whom the Lord is; when he falls, he shall not be dashed to pieces, for the Lord sustains him in his hand.

My hopes are laid up within my own bosom, for he is not alone with whom the Lord is; when he falls, he shall not be dashed to pieces, for the Lord sustains him in his hand.

- Thomas Becket

How carefully would I atone, if I might, for the time I have lost!

How carefully would I atone, if I might, for the time I have lost!

- Thomas Becket

We know that no trust can be placed on princes and that cursed is the man who placeth his reliance on an arm of flesh.

We know that no trust can be placed on princes and that cursed is the man who placeth his reliance on an arm of flesh.

- Thomas Becket

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