Martha Finley quotes
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“I have often noticed that spoiled, petted children, usually have very little love for their parents, or indeed for any one but themselves.”
-- Martha FinleySource : Martha Finley (1867). “Elsie Dinsmore”, p.304
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“Good husbands make good wives.”
-- Martha FinleySource : Martha Finley (2016). “ELSIE DINSMORE Complete Collection – 28 Timeless Children Classics in One Premium Edition: Elsie Dinsmore, Elsie's Holidays at Roselands, Elsie's Girlhood, Elsie's Womanhood, Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds, Elsie's Motherhood, Christmas with Grandma Elsie…”, p.1007, e-artnow
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“It is an easy thing to call names; any fool is equal to that ... and the weapon of vituperation is generally used by those who lack brains for argument or are upon the wrong side.”
-- Martha FinleySource : Martha Finley (2012). “Elsie's Motherhood”, p.68, tredition
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“Horace Dinsmore was, like his father, an upright, moral man, who paid an outward respect to the forms of religion, but cared nothing for the vital power of godliness ...”
-- Martha FinleySource : Martha Finley (2016). “ELSIE DINSMORE Complete Collection – 28 Timeless Children Classics in One Premium Edition: Elsie Dinsmore, Elsie's Holidays at Roselands, Elsie's Girlhood, Elsie's Womanhood, Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds, Elsie's Motherhood, Christmas with Grandma Elsie…”, p.37, e-artnow
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“Though not a remarkably precocious child in other respects, she seemed to have very clear and correct views on almost every subject connected with her duty to God and her neighbor; was very truthful both in word and deed, very strict in her observance of the Sabbath-though the rest of the family were by no means particular in that respect-very diligent in her studies; respectful to superiors, and kind to inferiors and equals; and she was gentle, sweet-tempered, patient, and forgiving to a remarkable degree.”
-- Martha FinleySource : "Elsie Dinsmore".
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“Ah, what a sweetner of toil is love—love to a dear earthly parent, and still more love to Christ. There is no drudgery in the most menial employment where that is the motive power.”
-- Martha FinleySource : Martha Finley (1876). “Elsie's Motherhood: A Sequel to "Elsie's Womanhood,"”, p.297
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“Holy and pure are the drops that fall, When the young bride goes from her father's hall; She goes unto love yet untried and new- She parts from love which hath still been true.”
-- Martha FinleySource : Martha Finley (2016). “COMING OF AGE COLLECTION – Timeless Children Classics For Young Girls: Complete Elsie Dinsmore & Mildred Keith Series: Including the Novels Edith’s Sacrifice, Ella Clinton, Signing the Contract and What it Cost, The Thorn in the Nest & The Tragedy of Wild River Valley (With Original Illustrations)”, p.783, e-artnow
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Source : "The Power List: Adepero Oduye Primed For Hollywood Greatness" by Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2012.
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“I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.”
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.937, Simon and Schuster
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“I rarely drink from the bottle, but I'll smoke a little weed,”
Source : Song: Country Boy, Album: Town Line, 2011
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“A tiny remnant of a big thing is better than a whole little thing.”
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