Margaret Deland Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Truth is like heat or light; its vibrations are endless, and are endlessly felt.”
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“Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.”
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“A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.”
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“As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.”
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“One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.”
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“conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.”
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“silence is very moving to youth, for who knows what it hides?”
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“Grandmother belongs to the generation of women who were satisfied to have men retain their vices, if they removed their hats.”
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“we've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business ...”
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“as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.”
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“there couldn't be war, unless lies were believed. War has to be nourished by lies.”
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“War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change their minds.”
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“weakness is a great bully without knowing it ...”
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“In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness.”
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“it's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.”
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“I notice that when people have no sense of responsibility, you call them either criminals or geniuses.”
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“there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it is impressive - for no one knows what wisdom lies concealed in silence!”
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“we middle-aged folk have the education of life, truly; we know the multiplication table of anxieties and sorrows, the subtraction table of loss, the division table of responsibility.”
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“moral vanity is the snare of good people.”
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“What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.”
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“There is a bond, it appears, between mother and child which endures as long as they do. It is independent of love; reason cannot weaken it; hate cannot destroy it.”
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“Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.”
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“When one promise jostles another, one of 'em isn't a promise.”
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“nothing may be more selfish than remorse ...”
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“Books are like sapphires; they must be polished - polished! or else you insult your readers.”
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“... in a wicked way, it is an incentive to good living to observe the spice of enjoyment there is to a godly soul in a very little sin.”
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“... it is curious how fatal it is, either to a situation or to an individual, or even to a name, if in an evil moment it becomes funny.”
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“... is there anything more unjust than to build gold and brass and iron on poor, well-meaning clay, -- and then blame the clay when the whole image falls into dust?”
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“Hearts don't come when Reason whistles to 'em.”
-- Margaret Deland
