Ronald Knox Quotes

• It is stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil, when he is the only explanation of it.

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• There was once a man who said ‘God Must think it exceedingly odd If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there’s no-one about in the Quad.’

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• Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

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• A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

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• A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

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• A good sermon should be like a woman’s skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.

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• It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

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• The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

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• When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected ‘I believe’ to ‘one does feel’.

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Ronald Knox (9)

Birth:	17th February, 1888
Death:	24th August, 1957
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Priest, Theologian, Writer

About

Ronald Arbuthnott Knox was an English priest, theologian and writer, including crime novels and regular broadcasts for BBC Radio. Knox had attended Eton College, and he won several scholarships at Balliol College, Oxford.

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