Top 11 Quotes by Eden Phillpotts

You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.

You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.

Eden Phillpotts

Giving, Fool, Chance

Eden Phillpotts (1928). “The Ring Fence”

No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.

Eden Phillpotts

Food, Heart, Mean

Eden Phillpotts (1906). “The Portreeve”

Who said it first? We don't know, but very often we find the same ideas attributed to two different people. All we can do is give you both. . . . The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Eden Phillpotts

Ideas, Two, People

Beer drinking doesn't do half the harm of lovemaking.

Eden Phillpotts

Drinking, Beer, Half

Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.

Eden Phillpotts

Faith, Insanity, Mind

Eden Phillpotts (1918). “A Shadow Passes”

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

Eden Phillpotts

Hurt, Adversity, Done