Amelia Barr
Amelia Barr
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barrwas a British novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
gratitude negative may
In all troublous events we may find comfort, though it be only in the negative admission that things might have been worse.
evil wickedness may
There is much said about the wickedness of doing evil that good may come. Alas! there is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.
may poverty painful
A poverty that is universal may be cheerfully borne; it is an individual poverty that is painful and humiliating.
may west east
Be not too strict - too far east is west. You may lose all by demanding all.
science may scientist
Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural.
men tears littles
It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.
anger moving sea
move not in your anger; it is like putting to sea in a tempest.
unreasonable
what is unreasonable is irrefutable.
regret mean littles
a little misgiving in the beginning of things, means much regret in the end of them.
steps firsts first-steps
The first step is what I like to be sure of ... to the second step it often binds you.
running new-roads should
One should not run on a new road.
thinking shining sun
Death is like the setting of the sun. The sun never sets; life never ceases. ... we think the sun sets, and it never ceases shining; we think our friends die, and they never cease living.
distrust suspicion
Once suspicion is aroused, every thing feeds it.
dream sight discipline
Dreams are large possessions ... they are an expansion of life, an enlightenment, and a discipline. I thank God for my dream life; my daily life would be far poorer, if it wanted the second sight of dreams.