Richard Garnett

Caricature of Richard Garnett (1895)

Richard Garnett (February 27, 1835 – April 13, 1906) was a scholar, librarian, biographer and poet.

Quotes

• The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love.
  • De Flagello myrteo.

• Love is God’s essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.
  • De Flagello myrteo. iv.

• Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.
  • De Flagello myrteo. xiii.

• When Silence speaks for Love she has much to say.
  • De Flagello myrteo. lxxiii.

• Sweet are the words of Love, sweeter his thoughts:
  Sweetest of all what Love nor says nor thinks.
  • De Flagello myrteo. clxv.

• Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World.
  • De Flagello myrteo. ccxxv.

External links

• Works by Richard Garnett at Project Gutenberg
• Richard Garnett Literary File at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.