Gilbert Parker
Gilbert Parker
Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet PC, known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain J. Parker, R.A...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 November 1862
war cruelty gentle
War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.
memories stupid world
There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.
beautiful mean secret
In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.
winning law win-or-lose
Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.