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Matthew Arnold

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What we know about Matthew Arnold comes primarily from their words — and those words are worth your time. The range of their thinking — from Poetry to Sad — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Discover 10 of Matthew Arnold's most memorable quotes, ranging across Poetry, Sad, Religion, Patience, and Men. Consider this gem from Matthew Arnold: "The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion."

“Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.”

— Matthew Arnold

Patience

All Quotes by Matthew Arnold

“Poetry a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.”

— Matthew Arnold

Beauty

“To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive.”

— Matthew Arnold

Happiness

“Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.”

— Matthew Arnold

Poetry

“Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.”

— Matthew Arnold

Men

“The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.”

— Matthew Arnold

Religion

“The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.”

— Matthew Arnold

Age

“Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.”

— Matthew Arnold

Knowledge

“Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.”

— Matthew Arnold

Patience