Amongst Catholic laymen we have kindly critics, but Rome is ever ready to reply to criticism and never disregards it.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
Petty insults he disregards; and has several times put me almost beyond the power of forbearance, by his cool and cutting replies.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
And what place have social superiorities and inferiorities; pride, scorn, or coldness; harsh theologies, breeding harsh tempers and infinite disputes; the egoism that wounds the humble, the strength that disregards the weak, the vanity that hurts the simple, in any company of men and women who dare to wear the name of such a Founder?
"The Empire of Love"
W. J. Dawson