Amelia Barr
Amelia Barr
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barrwas a British novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
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.
men wicked world
When a man has calamity upon calamity the world generally concludes that he must be a very wicked man to deserve them. Perhaps the world is right; but it is also just possible that the world ... may be wrong.
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.
evil expectations
we generally get the evil we expect ...
forgiveness people forgiving
I have seen that every one forgives much in themselves that they find unpardonable in other people.
done action hours
if a thing is to be done, there is no time like the hour that has not struck.