An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON NUNS
Convent. A place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914, American author, editor, journalist, "The Devil's Dictionary")
A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man.
H. L. Mencken (1880-1956, American editor, author, critic, humorist)
Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.
John Milton (1608-1674, British poet)
She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894, British poet, lyricist)
The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a work of primitive art, housed in a magical color; the incarnation of civilized, anti-heathenism, and the fruit of a triumphing idea.
Alice Walker (1944-, American author, critic)
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