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> [I scarcely remember any writer who has ever ventured to say that the half of the work of the world is actually accomplished by women; and very few husbands who would be otherwise than greatly startled and amazed, if not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/i-scarcely-remember-any-writer-who-has-ever-ventured-to-say-that-the/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

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## More by Margaret Oliphant

> [What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/what-happiness-is-there-which-is-not-purchased-with-more-or-less-of/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/i-think-reading-a-novel-is-almost-next-best-to-having-something-to-do/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [All perfection is melancholy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/all-perfection-is-melancholy/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [Married people do stand up so for each other when you say a word, however they may fight between themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/married-people-do-stand-up-so-for-each-other-when-you-say-a-word/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [“Don’t you think a certain amount of civilisation is necessary before picture-frames will become remunerative? I don’t think you could live by them in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/don-t-you-think-a-certain-amount-of-civilisation-is-necessary-before/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [there are some people who never learn; indeed, few people learn by experience, so far as I have ever seen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/there-are-some-people-who-never-learn-indeed-few-people-learn-by/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/as-for-pictures-and-museums-that-don-t-trouble-me-the-worst-of-going/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [“The village lay in the hollow, and climbed, with very prosaic houses, the other side. Village architecture does not flourish in Scotland. The blue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/the-village-lay-in-the-hollow-and-climbed-with-very-prosaic-houses/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [Next to happiness, perhaps enmity is the most healthful stimulant of the human mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/next-to-happiness-perhaps-enmity-is-the-most-healthful-stimulant-of/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [“And there has been no attempt to investigate it,' I said, 'to see what it really is?' 'Eh, Cornel,' said the coachman's wife, 'wha…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/and-there-has-been-no-attempt-to-investigate-it-i-said-to-see-what-it/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/to-have-a-man-who-can-flirt-is-next-thing-to-indispensable-to-a/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [For everybody knows that it requires very little to satisfy the gentlemen, if a woman will only give her mind to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/for-everybody-knows-that-it-requires-very-little-to-satisfy-the/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [The ideal is the flower-garden of the mind, and very apt to run to weeds unless carefully tended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/the-ideal-is-the-flower-garden-of-the-mind-and-very-apt-to-run-to/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [Laughing is not the first expression of joy. ... A person laughs in idleness, for fun, not for joy. Joy has nothing, nothing but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/laughing-is-not-the-first-expression-of-joy-a-person-laughs-in/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

> [“It was getting dark by the time I went out, and nobody who knows the country will need to be told how black is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/it-was-getting-dark-by-the-time-i-went-out-and-nobody-who-knows-the/)

[Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/)

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