Visitors should conform as much as possible to the habits and customs of the house. They should be moderate in their demands for personal attendance. They should not carry their moods into the drawing-room or to the table, and, whether they are bored or not, should be ready to contribute as much as in their power to an atmosphere of pleasure. If the above involves too much self-sacrifice, then an invitation to visit should by no means be accepted.
Visitors should conform as much as possible to the habits and customs of the house. They should be moderate in their demands for personal attendance.… - Elisabeth Marbury
Visitors should conform as much as possible to the habits and customs of the house. They should be moderate in their demands for personal attendance.…
- Elisabeth Marbury
Popular magazines multiply while the library shelves remain undisturbed. - Elisabeth Marbury
Popular magazines multiply while the library shelves remain undisturbed.
No influence so quickly converts a radical into a reactionary as does his election to power. - Elisabeth Marbury
No influence so quickly converts a radical into a reactionary as does his election to power.
It is high time that the American people should remember a few home truths, and that we should refuse to become partners with a militarism which is s… - Elisabeth Marbury
It is high time that the American people should remember a few home truths, and that we should refuse to become partners with a militarism which is s…
There is no intolerance in the world so great as the intolerance of tolerance, and no bigotry so excessive as the bigotry of the image breaker. To pr… - Elisabeth Marbury
There is no intolerance in the world so great as the intolerance of tolerance, and no bigotry so excessive as the bigotry of the image breaker. To pr…
No wars are more bitter than those undertaken in the name of religion. - Elisabeth Marbury
No wars are more bitter than those undertaken in the name of religion.
Years in themselves mean nothing. How we live them means everything. - Elisabeth Marbury
Years in themselves mean nothing. How we live them means everything.
Throughout my life, I have always found that events which seemed at the time disastrous ultimately developed into positive blessings. - Elisabeth Marbury
Throughout my life, I have always found that events which seemed at the time disastrous ultimately developed into positive blessings.
The praise of injudicious friends frequently fosters bad mannerisms. - Elisabeth Marbury
The praise of injudicious friends frequently fosters bad mannerisms.
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