Eden Phillpotts quotes
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“No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.”
-- Eden PhillpottsSource : Eden Phillpotts (1906). “The Portreeve”
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“I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.”
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“Beer drinking doesn't do half the harm of lovemaking.”
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“Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.”
-- Eden PhillpottsSource : Eden Phillpotts (1918). “A Shadow Passes”
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“We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.”
-- Eden PhillpottsSource : Eden Phillpotts (1918). “A Shadow Passes”
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“You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.”
-- Eden PhillpottsSource : Eden Phillpotts (1928). “The Ring Fence”
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“Who said it first? We don't know, but very often we find the same ideas attributed to two different people. All we can do is give you both. . . . The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
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“As for the largest-hearted of us, what is the word we write most often in our cheque-books? "Self.”
-- Eden PhillpottsSource : Eden Phillpotts (1918). “A Shadow Passes”
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“A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.”
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“The biggest fool may come out with a bit of sense when you least expect it.”
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“Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.”
-- Eden PhillpottsSource : Eden Phillpotts (1934). “A year with Bisshe-Bantam”
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