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"A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive."

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About Coventry Patmore

English poet and critic best known for The Angel in the House and for The Unknown Eros. He worked at the British Museum early in his career and became associated with Victorian religious and lyrical poetry.

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