Venerable Bede Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Venerable Bede:

Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.
~Venerable Bede


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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
~Venerable Bede


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/venerable-bede-quotes/#1b5a7038

I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.
~Venerable Bede


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/venerable-bede-quotes/#a5c4a8c8

He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.
~Venerable Bede


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/venerable-bede-quotes/#6407adcd

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.
~Venerable Bede


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/venerable-bede-quotes/#5c3327c7

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
~Venerable Bede


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/venerable-bede-quotes/#da382ecd

Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.
~Venerable Bede


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/venerable-bede-quotes/#5567c44d

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