Toleration, as it is now widely preached, may be a very one… - Coventry Patmore

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Toleration, as it is now widely preached, may be a very one-sided bargain. It will not do to let falsehood and moral idiocy say to truth and honesty, "I will tolerate you if you will tolerate me."

Coventry Patmore

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Coventry Kearsey Deighton Patmore (July 23, 1823 – November 26, 1896) was an English poet and critic.

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Birth Name: Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

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Having my law the seventh time disobey'd,
I struck him, and dismiss'd
With hard words and unkiss'd,
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