Top 25 Quotes by Margaret Deland of 87 - Page 4

... some of the things floating about in the Well of Memory are not worth recording.

Memories, Floating, Wells

a short cut to matrimonial unhappiness is not to have the same taste in jokes!

Cutting, Taste, Unhappiness

... in a wicked way, it is an incentive to good living to observe the spice of enjoyment there is to a godly soul in a very little sin.

Godly, Soul, Wicked

faith, it seems to me, is not the holding of certain dogmas; it is simply openness and readiness of heart to believe any truth which God may show.

Faith, Believe, Heart

Margaret Deland (2015). “John Ward, Preacher”, p.427, The Floating Press

gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims.

Gossip, Amusement, Insult

... if a man really and truly believed that black was white, you might advise him to see an oculist, but you mustn't call him a liar.

Liars, Men, White

Convictions do not imply reasons.

Reason, Conviction

... Love never forgets; or if it does, it is an imperfect love, like the beautiful love of a dog, faithful and unreasoning.

Beautiful, Dog, Faithful

Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.

Common Sense, Dangerous, Conscience

nothing is as conventional as adolescence.

Adolescence, Conventional

Margaret Deland (2015). “The Iron Woman”, p.63, The Floating Press

... it is curious how fatal it is, either to a situation or to an individual, or even to a name, if in an evil moment it becomes funny.

Names, Evil, Moments

A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.

Positive, Flames, May

Margaret Deland (2015). “The Awakening of Helena Richie”, p.230, The Floating Press

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