Eden Phillpotts Quotes

• You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.

  Eden Phillpotts

  Giving, Fool, Chance

  Eden Phillpotts (1928). “The Ring Fence”

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• No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.

  Eden Phillpotts

  Food, Heart, Mean

  Eden Phillpotts (1906). “The Portreeve”

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• Beer drinking doesn't do half the harm of lovemaking.

  Eden Phillpotts

  Drinking, Beer, Half

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• Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.

  Eden Phillpotts

  Faith, Insanity, Mind

  Eden Phillpotts (1918). “A Shadow Passes”

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• Who said it first? We don't know, but very often we find the same ideas attributed to two different people. All we can do is give you both. . . . The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

  Eden Phillpotts

  Ideas, Two, People

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• I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

  Eden Phillpotts

  Hurt, Adversity, Done

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• The biggest fool may come out with a bit of sense when you least expect it.

  Eden Phillpotts

  May, Fool, Bits

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• A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.

  Eden Phillpotts

  Greatest Treasure, Happy Marriage, Fortune

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• Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.

  Eden Phillpotts

  Gentleman, Found, Impress

  Eden Phillpotts (1934). “A year with Bisshe-Bantam”

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• We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.

  Eden Phillpotts

  Life, Jealous, Secret

  Eden Phillpotts (1918). “A Shadow Passes”

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• As for the largest-hearted of us, what is the word we write most often in our cheque-books? "Self.

  Eden Phillpotts

  Book, Writing, Self

  Eden Phillpotts (1918). “A Shadow Passes”

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