Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul; and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.
Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody. - Margaret Deland
Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.
- Margaret Deland
Nothing may be more selfish than remorse. - Margaret Deland
Nothing may be more selfish than remorse.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Habit does much to reconcile us to unpleasantness. - Margaret Deland
Habit does much to reconcile us to unpleasantness.
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