Occupation: Writer Birth: July 28, 1874 Death: August 22, 1942
Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . . ..
People love to talk but hate to listen..
the strongest will is the will that knows how to bend..
When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man..
Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this, while their innate tendency to appeal to force r….
In a world where England is finished and dead: I do not wish to live..
No one really believes in equality who's on top..
And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be stern of soul..
People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorou….
Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told ….
It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron..
It's been my experience, Charlotte, that the crisis never comes as or when you expect..
They make other nations seem pale and flighty, But they do think England is God almighty, And you must remind them now and then That other countries ….
Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of frien….
A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework,….
No one has ever explained why it is that parents and guardians consider dull people such safe matrimonial investments for their young charges. Even g….
Hate is perhaps the most dynamic of all emotions - fear may immobilize, love may stay the hand, but hate urges to action..
It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial mea….
Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others..
Rare indeed is the nature that does not become a little more intense when its own affairs come under discussion..
Love will not always linger longest with those who hold it in too clenched a fist..