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
roots imagination
Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.
evil knew
He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.
born mother
For when a child is born the mother also is born again.
fellows mob nice press wholesale
What a nice mob you press fellows are - wholesale scavengers!
beginning evil good occasion understand
She was beginning to understand that evil is not absolute, and that good is often an occasion more than a condition.
death tragedy
There was no tragedy in his death -death is a magnificent ally; it untangles knots.
cherished few ideas man
Being a man of very few ideas, he cherished those he had with an exaggerated care.
bloom creation flower glow
He was of those who hypnotize themselves, who glow with self-creation, who flower and bloom without pollen.
real trying life-is
The real business of life is trying to understand each other.
mother children born
When a child is born the mother also is born again.
light goal forever
He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever.
positive influence habit
There is no influence like the influence of habit.
love relationship stars
Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.
race fierce harm
She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good.