A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.
Source: Centuries, Fourth Century, no. 17 (written c. 1672; first published 1908).
-- Thomas Traherne, ( 1637-1674), English poet, mystic; He wrote Roman Forgeries, 1673 and Christian Ethicks, 1675.