Alice Morse Earle quotes
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“The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.”
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“Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.”
-- Alice Morse EarleSource : Alice Morse Earle (2016). “Stage-coach and Tavern Days”, p.67, Library of Alexandria
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“It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes.”
-- Alice Morse EarleSource : Alice Morse Earle (2012). “Child Life in Colonial Times”, p.3, Courier Corporation
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“The landlord of colonial days may not have been the greatest man in town, but he was certainly the best-known, often the most popular, and ever the most picturesque and cheerful figure.”
-- Alice Morse EarleSource : Alice Morse Earle (2016). “Stage-coach and Tavern Days”, p.46, Library of Alexandria
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“When the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have seemed ironical as well as almost unbearable.”
-- Alice Morse EarleSource : Alice Morse Earle (2012). “Home Life in Colonial Days”, p.1, Courier Corporation
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“The study of tavern history often brings to light much evidence of sad domestic changes. Many a cherished and beautiful home, rich in annals of family prosperity and private hospitality, ended its days as a tavern.”
-- Alice Morse EarleSource : Alice Morse Earle (2016). “Stage-coach and Tavern Days”, p.40, Library of Alexandria
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“The grape Hyacinth is the favorite spring flower of my garden - but no! I though a minute ago the Scilla was! and what place has the Violet? the Flower de Luce? I cannot decide, but this I know - it is some blue flower.”
-- Alice Morse EarleSource : Alice Morse Earle (2014). “Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth”, p.257, Cambridge University Press
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“Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination. You are always living three, or indeed six, months hence. I believe that people entirely devoid of imagination never can be really good gardeners. To be content with the present, and not striving about the future, is fatal.”
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“Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.”
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“Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day”
-- Alice Morse Earle
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