“The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians.”

—  Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 105.

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English churchman, Dean of Westminster 1815–1881

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