Quotes

"Friendship, I fancy, means one heart between two." ~ Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith The well of true wit is truth itself, the gathering of the precious drops of right reason, wisdom's lightning; and no soul possessing and dispensing it can justly be a target for the world, however well armed the world confronting her. ~ Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith "Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits. Hold up to him his better self, his REAL self that can dare and do and win out!" ~ Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter "Just breathing isn't living!" ~ Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter "It's funny how dogs and cats know the insides of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?" ~ Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter It has now become the doctrine of a large class of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement. ~ The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope "I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty." ~ The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope It is so much easier to forgive a failure than a success. ~ A Little Journey in the World by Charles Dudley Warner "How much good do you suppose condescending charity does?" ~ A Little Journey in the World by Charles Dudley Warner "Puns are the smallpox of the language." ~ The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith