James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. F. W. Faber
Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur—To be in love and act wisely is scarcely in the power of a god. 1 Faith is letting down our nets into the untransparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall take. 2 For right is right, since God is God, / And right the day must win; / To doubt would be disloyalty, / To falter would be sin. 3 He always wins who sides with God. 4 Labour itself is but a sorrowful song, / The protest of the weak against the strong. 5 Right is right, since God is God. 6 The love of God is broader than the measure of man’s mind. 7 There is no place where earth’s sorrows / Are more felt than up in heaven; / There is no place where earth’s failings / Have such kindly judgment given. 8 Thou dost not strive, O Sun, but, meek and still, / Thou dost the type of Jesus best fulfil, / A noiseless revelation in the sky. 9
