... 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?
Nothing may be more selfish than remorse. - Margaret Deland
Nothing may be more selfish than remorse.
- Margaret Deland
Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody. - Margaret Deland
Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.
I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge. - Margaret Deland
I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge.
Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest. - Margaret Deland
Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.
as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility. - Margaret Deland
as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.
I have no faith in a human critter who hasn't one or two bad habits. - Margaret Deland
I have no faith in a human critter who hasn't one or two bad habits.
As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it. - Margaret Deland
As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.
The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion. - Margaret Deland
The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.
Habit does much to reconcile us to unpleasantness. - Margaret Deland
Habit does much to reconcile us to unpleasantness.
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