Homely Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe

“True love ennobles and dignifies the material labors of life; and homely services rendered for love's sake have in them a poetry that is immortal.” quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe — Download Open image

“True love ennobles and dignifies the material labors of life; and homely services rendered for love's sake have in them a poetry that is immortal.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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