Well, a man can but hold fast to what he believes right, and even the opponent he baulks should value him for that.

Ellis Peters
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More Quotes By Ellis Peters
  1. Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems.

  2. Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.

  3. The trouble with me, he thought unhappily, is that I have been about the world long enough to know that God's plans for us, however infallibly good, may not take the form we expect and demand.

  4. God, nevertheless, required a little help from men, and what he mostly got was hindrance.

  5. Once, I remember, Father Abbot said that our purpose is justice, and with God lies the privilege of mercy. But even God, when he intends mercy, needs tools to his hand.

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