Nuns Quotes

Check out books and films on Nuns or find quotes that use the word Nuns.

 

"Convent. A place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness."

Bierce, Ambrose on Nuns
Discussion/Errors · Share quote · 1 fans >>

Bookmark quote



"The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity."

Hugo, Victor on Nuns
Discussion/Errors · Share quote · 0 fans >>

Bookmark quote

"A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man."

Mencken, H. L. on Nuns
Discussion/Errors · Share quote · 0 fans >>

Bookmark quote

"Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train."

Milton, John on Nuns
Discussion/Errors · Share quote · 1 fans >>

Bookmark quote

"She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth."

Rossetti, Christina on Nuns
Discussion/Errors · Share quote · 0 fans >>

Bookmark quote

"The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a work of primitive art, housed in a magical color; the incarnation of civilized, anti-heathenism, and the fruit of a triumphing idea."

Walker, Alice on Nuns
Discussion/Errors · Share quote · 0 fans >>

Bookmark quote

Save or Share this page?

·

Enjoy Quotes of the Day

· Learn more

Nuns Highlight on Nuns

"A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man."

Mencken, H. L.
Bookmarked by 0 people
Add to your book.

 

Recent activity