I do not approve of children being beaten. It is always a confession of failure. — Patricia Wentworth Abuse Copy Share Image
when married people begin to talk about their rights, it means something has gone pretty far wrong between them. — Patricia Wentworth Gone Copy Share Image
When there is too much to say it is easier to say nothing at all. — Patricia Wentworth Easier Copy Share Image
Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb. — Patricia Wentworth Believe Copy Share Image
It is the man who is sure of himself who disregards the opinion of the world. To be sure is to have… — Patricia Wentworth Confidence Copy Share Image
Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave. — Patricia Wentworth Fool Copy Share Image
“I am extremely sorry to disturb you. I hope that you had not retired?" "I'm putting it off as long as possible.… — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough — Patricia Wentworth Bounds Copy Share Image
A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight. — Patricia Wentworth Fighting Copy Share Image
Mary Stuart wrote, 'My end is in my beginning.' It is easier to agree with her than to decide what is the… — Patricia Wentworth Agree Copy Share Image
“Henry, for heaven's sake! You can't propose when I'm fainting!” — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride. — Patricia Wentworth Feels Copy Share Image
Husbands and wives quarrel a lot more than anyone thinks, and it's oftener about little things than big ones. — Patricia Wentworth Bigs Copy Share Image
My dear father always said that when everybody had a telephone nobody would have any manners, because there wouldn't be time for… — Patricia Wentworth Courses Copy Share Image
There is a country proverb which says, 'If you don't trouble trouble - trouble won't trouble you. — Patricia Wentworth Country Copy Share Image
One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of… — Patricia Wentworth Community Copy Share Image
There's a general consensus of opinion that people in love are apt to look silly -- except to each other. — Patricia Wentworth Consensus Copy Share Image
I used to do miserably in English literature, which I thought was a sign of moral turpitude. As I look back on… — Patricia Wentworth Books Copy Share Image
... the things that happened in your body were never as bad as the things that happened in your mind. — Patricia Wentworth Body Copy Share Image
“I told you she had an inconsequent mind. That's putting it much too mildly. When it comes to anything like evidence, she… — Patricia Wentworth Psychology Copy Share Image
The fact is, for most of us, what happens to ourselves is so much more important than what happens to other people… — Patricia Wentworth Beam Copy Share Image
A good many established writers seem to have the feeling that some day they are going to be found out, revealed as… — Patricia Wentworth Feelings Copy Share Image
if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get. — Patricia Wentworth Adaptability Copy Share Image
