Fireside Quotes

36 quotes by 29 authors

In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resultedâ€”Balder, Persephoneâ€”but [in India] the retreat is from the source of life,… — E. M. Forster
What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp… — Gustave Flaubert
Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o'clock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters closed,… — Thomas de Quincey
Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We're in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on. — Eleanor Roosevelt
With you a part of me hath passed away; For in the peopled forest of my mind A tree made leafless by this wintry wind… — George Santayana
Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and… — Khalil Gibran
In all her intercourse with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it... She stood apart from mortal… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is… — Thomas Jefferson
The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and… — Susan B. Anthony
And indeed, what is better than to sit by one's fireside in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against the window and… — Gustave Flaubert
Recovery measures work better when they raise confidence - as Franklin D. Roosevelt understood. His fireside chats, and his inaugural address proclaiming he would fight… — Christina Romer
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived.… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Stop rambling, stop your gambling, stop staying out late at night. Go home to your wife and your family, stay there by your fireside bright. — Lead Belly

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