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> [The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/the-mother-loves-her-child-most-divinely-not-when-she-surrounds-him/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

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## More by Hamilton Wright Mabie

> [I do not believe that the deeper problems of living can ever be answered by the process of thought. I believe that life itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/i-do-not-believe-that-the-deeper-problems-of-living-can-ever-be/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [“On every side were stretched the bodies of men and animals apparently lifeless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/on-every-side-were-stretched-the-bodies-of-men-and-animals-apparently/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [The book of the moment often has immense vogue, while the book of the age, which comes in its company from the press, lies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/the-book-of-the-moment-often-has-immense-vogue-while-the-book-of-the/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [The germs of all truth lie in the soul, and when the ripe moment comes, the truth within answers to the fact without as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/the-germs-of-all-truth-lie-in-the-soul-and-when-the-ripe-moment-comes/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [Genius is intensity of life; an overflowing vitality which floods and fertilizes a continent or a hemisphere of being; which makes a nature many-sided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/genius-is-intensity-of-life-an-overflowing-vitality-which-floods-and/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [“When he heard these words, Loke ceased to look like a god, for the fury and hate of a devil were in his face.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/when-he-heard-these-words-loke-ceased-to-look-like-a-god-for-the-fury/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [“Then had her envious heart rest, at least such rest as a heart full of envy and malice ever can have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/then-had-her-envious-heart-rest-at-least-such-rest-as-a-heart-full-of/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [A cottage will hold as much happiness as would stock a palace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/a-cottage-will-hold-as-much-happiness-as-would-stock-a-palace/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [“I will fly away to them, to the royal birds, and they will beat me, because I, that am so ugly, dare to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/i-will-fly-away-to-them-to-the-royal-birds-and-they-will-beat-me/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [“All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/all-the-queens-of-my-acquaintance-have-children-some-three-some-seven/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [“upon the lid in letters of gold. Then he said to the dwarfs,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/upon-the-lid-in-letters-of-gold-then-he-said-to-the-dwarfs/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/don-t-be-afraid-of-opposition-remember-a-kite-rises-against-not-with/)

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> [Man is incomprehensible without Nature and Nature is incomprehensible apart from man. For the delicate loveliness of the flower is as much in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/man-is-incomprehensible-without-nature-and-nature-is-incomprehensible/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/blessed-is-the-season-which-engages-the-whole-world-in-a-conspiracy-2/)

[Hamilton Wright Mabie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-wright-mabie/)

> [Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for - life by keeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-wright-mabie/nothing-is-lost-upon-a-man-who-is-bent-upon-growth-nothing-wasted-on/)

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