Charles Robert Maturin Quotes

Ireland, Writer
September 25, 1782 – October, 30, 1824.

Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C. R. Maturin, was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained in the Church of Ireland) and a writer of Gothic plays and novels. His best known work is the novel Melmoth the Wanderer.

Also known as Clergyman

The soul shares not the body's test.

Charles Robert Maturin
- Soul
- Body
- Shares
Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.

Charles Robert Maturin
- Beauty
- Crystal
- Lustre

It is actually possible to become amateurs in suffering.

Charles Robert Maturin
- Suffering
- Amateurs
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.

Charles Robert Maturin
- Voice
- Solitude
- Murderer
They waste life in what are called good resolutions-partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded.

Charles Robert Maturin
- Life
- Efforts
There is no error more absurd, and yet more rooted in the heart of man, than the belief that his sufferings will promote his spiritual safety.

Charles Robert Maturin
- Belief
- Safety
- Sufferings
Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; It is best to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.

Charles Robert Maturin
- Love
- True
- Wise
A time will come, and soon, when, from mere habit, you will echo the scream of every delirious wretch that harbors near you; then you will pause, clasp your hands on your throbbing head, and listen with horrible anxiety whether the scream proceeded from you or them.

Charles Robert Maturin
- Head
- Scream
- Wretch

O wretched is the dame, to whom the sound, "Your lord will soon return," no phrase brings.

Charles Robert Maturin
- Sound
- Phrase
- Dame
A malady Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.

Charles Robert Maturin
- Heart
- Malady
- Med'cine