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> [What is this Charity, this clinking of money between strangers, and when did Charity cease to be a comforting and secret thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/what-is-this-charity-this-clinking-of-money-between-strangers-and/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

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> [The more committees you belong to, the less of ordinary life you will understand. When your daily round becomes nothing more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/the-more-committees-you-belong-to-the-less-of-ordinary-life-you-will/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

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> [a committee, of course, exists for the purpose of damping enthusiasms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/a-committee-of-course-exists-for-the-purpose-of-damping-enthusiasms/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

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## More by Stella Benson

> [What is this Charity, this clinking of money between strangers, and when did Charity cease to be a comforting and secret thing between one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/what-is-this-charity-this-clinking-of-money-between-strangers-and/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [“My love, I see you through my tears. No pity in your face I see. I have sailed far across the years; Stretch out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/my-love-i-see-you-through-my-tears-no-pity-in-your-face-i-see-i-have/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [You want the vote so badly that you think it worth while to become hysterical over it.' 'There is not much hysteria in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/you-want-the-vote-so-badly-that-you-think-it-worth-while-to-become/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [“That sea - that mother of a million summers, Who bore, with melody, a million springs, Shall sing for my enchantment...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/that-sea-that-mother-of-a-million-summers-who-bore-with-melody-a/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [“My soundless feet shall fly among the runners Through the red thunders of a Zeppelin raid, My still voice cheer the Anti-Aircraft gunners, The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/my-soundless-feet-shall-fly-among-the-runners-through-the-red/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [The more committees you belong to, the less of ordinary life you will understand. When your daily round becomes nothing more than a daily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/the-more-committees-you-belong-to-the-less-of-ordinary-life-you-will/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [We travel because we do not know. We know that we do not know the best before we start. That is why we start.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/we-travel-because-we-do-not-know-we-know-that-we-do-not-know-the-best/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [a committee, of course, exists for the purpose of damping enthusiasms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/a-committee-of-course-exists-for-the-purpose-of-damping-enthusiasms/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [There are some people who can never see a little cloud of fantasy float across the horizon of their dreams without building a heavy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/there-are-some-people-who-can-never-see-a-little-cloud-of-fantasy/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [You can't discover one foot of clay on an idol without suspecting the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/you-can-t-discover-one-foot-of-clay-on-an-idol-without-suspecting-the/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/family-jokes-though-rightly-cursed-by-strangers-are-the-bond-that/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [“I want to go out into the country, I want to thread the pale Spring air, and hear the lambs cry. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/i-want-to-go-out-into-the-country-i-want-to-thread-the-pale-spring/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [“Come home, come home, you million ghosts, The honest years shall make amends, The sun and moon shall be your hosts, The everlasting hills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/come-home-come-home-you-million-ghosts-the-honest-years-shall-make/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [Man is potentially a son, and woman is potentially a mother; woman depends on the dependence of man. The spinster, if pathetic at all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/man-is-potentially-a-son-and-woman-is-potentially-a-mother-woman/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

> [“There pass the trav'lling dreams, and these My soul adores”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/there-pass-the-trav-lling-dreams-and-these-my-soul-adores/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

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