“Who once believed will never wholly doubt.”
Alfred Austin (1835–1913) British writer and poet
Source: Prince Lucifer (1887), Lucifer in Act VI, sc. ii; p. 193.
“Who once has doubted never quite believes.”
Source: Prince Lucifer (1887), Eve in Act VI, sc. ii; p. 193.
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