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Life Quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell
- A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
- I take it that 'gentleman' is a term that only describes a person in his relation to others; but when we speak of him as…
- I do try to say, God’s will be done, sir,” said the Squire, looking up at Mr. Gibson for the first time, and speaking with…
- One word more. You look as if you thought it tainted you to be loved by me. You cannot avoid it. Nay, I, if I…
- But the monotonous life led by invalids often makes them like children, inasmuch as thy have neither of them any sense of proportion in events,…
- Thinking has, many a time, made me sad, darling; but doing never did in all my life....My precept is, do something, my sister, do good…
- She would fain have caught at the skirts of that departing time, and prayed it to return, and give her back what she had too…
- ...yet, even before he left the room, - and certainly, not five minutes after, the clear conviction dawned upon her, shined bright upon her, that…
- It had been a royal time of luxury to him, with all its stings and contumelies, compared to the poverty that crept round and clipped…
- God has made us so that we must be mutually dependent. We may ignore our own dependence, or refuse to acknowledge that others depend upon…
- On some such night as this she remembered promising to herself to live as brave and noble a life as any heroine she ever read…
- I am so tired - so tired of being of being whirled on through all these phases of my life, in which nothing abides by…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle