Margaret Deland Quotes

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• Truth is like heat or light; its vibrations are endless, and are endlessly felt.

  Margaret Deland

  Inspirational, Light, Vibrations

  Margaret Deland (2015). “John Ward, Preacher”, p.419, The Floating Press

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• As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.

  Margaret Deland

  Inspiration, Feels

  Margaret Deland (2015). “The Awakening of Helena Richie”, p.154, The Floating Press

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• Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.

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  Army, Looks, Arrogant

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• it's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.

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  Crazy, Unhappy, Sanity

  Margaret Deland (2010). “Around Old Chester”, p.266, Wildside Press LLC

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• Habit does much to reconcile us to unpleasantness.

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  Doe, Habit, Reconcile

  Margaret Deland (2015). “The Iron Woman”, p.64, The Floating Press

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• I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge.

  Margaret Deland

  Men, Judging, Might

  Margaret Deland (2015). “The Awakening of Helena Richie”, p.163, The Floating Press

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• The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.

  Margaret Deland

  Happiness, Secret, Facts

  Margaret Deland (1969). “Dr. Lavendar's People”

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• I have no faith in a human critter who hasn't one or two bad habits.

  Margaret Deland

  Two, Habit, Critters

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• A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

  Margaret Deland

  Inspirational, Ability, Expected

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• as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.

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  Manners, Incompatibility, Truthfulness

  Margaret Deland (2010). “Around Old Chester”, p.182, Wildside Press LLC

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• Nothing may be more selfish than remorse.

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  Regret, Selfish, May

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• there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it is impressive - for no one knows what wisdom lies concealed in silence!

  Margaret Deland

  Lying, Silence, Grace

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• 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.

  Margaret Deland

  Christmas, Years, Soul

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• One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.

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  Names, Desire, Alive

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• One must desire something to be alive.

  Margaret Deland

  Dream, Desire, Alive

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• Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

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  Spiritual, Sacrifice, Self

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• Weakness is a great bully without knowing it.

  Margaret Deland

  Knowing, Bully, Weakness

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• A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind.

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  Mind, Letters, Reader

  Margaret Deland (2015). “The Iron Woman”, p.239, The Floating Press

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• War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change their minds.

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  Hate, War, People

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• I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.

  Margaret Deland

  Soul, Would Be, Body

  Margaret Deland (1969). “Dr. Lavendar's People”

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• men love their wives not because of their virtues, but in spite of them.

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  Men, Wife, Virtue

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• the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!

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  Ministry, Clergy, Matrimony

  Margaret Deland (2010). “Around Old Chester”, p.67, Wildside Press LLC

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• If you give way to fear, you'll be a coward; and ... a coward is apt to be a liar. The devil's first name is Fear.

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  Fear, Liars, Names

  Margaret Deland (2010). “Around Old Chester”, p.77, Wildside Press LLC

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• Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!

  Margaret Deland

  Spiritual, Believe, Mind

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• conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.

  Margaret Deland

  Horse, Devil, Conceit

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