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Alice Morse Earle Quotes

The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

Alice Morse Earle
Inspirational, Running, Time

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day

Alice Morse Earle
Inspirational, Positive, Good Morning

Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination. You are always living three, or indeed six, months hence. I believe that people entirely devoid of imagination never can be really good gardeners. To be content with the present, and not striving about the future, is fatal.

Alice Morse Earle
Time, Memories, Believe

Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination.

Alice Morse Earle
Exercise, Garden, Imagination

The study of tavern history often brings to light much evidence of sad domestic changes. Many a cherished and beautiful home, rich in annals of family prosperity and private hospitality, ended its days as a tavern.

Alice Morse Earle
Beautiful, Home, Light
Alice Morse Earle (2016). “Stage-coach and Tavern Days”, p.40, Library of Alexandria

The grape Hyacinth is the favorite spring flower of my garden - but no! I though a minute ago the Scilla was! and what place has the Violet? the Flower de Luce? I cannot decide, but this I know - it is some blue flower.

Alice Morse Earle
Spring, Flower, Garden
Alice Morse Earle (2014). “Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth”, p.257, Cambridge University Press

It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes.

Alice Morse Earle
Suffering, Records, Family Bible
Alice Morse Earle (2012). “Child Life in Colonial Times”, p.3, Courier Corporation

Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.

Alice Morse Earle
Home, West Indies, Turtles
Alice Morse Earle (2016). “Stage-coach and Tavern Days”, p.67, Library of Alexandria

The landlord of colonial days may not have been the greatest man in town, but he was certainly the best-known, often the most popular, and ever the most picturesque and cheerful figure.

Alice Morse Earle
Men, Cheerful, May
Alice Morse Earle (2016). “Stage-coach and Tavern Days”, p.46, Library of Alexandria

When the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have seemed ironical as well as almost unbearable.

Alice Morse Earle
Shelter, Firsts, Unbearable
Alice Morse Earle (2012). “Home Life in Colonial Days”, p.1, Courier Corporation

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