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
men thinking should-have
Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry.
morning heart men
Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living.
friendship men years
It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.
memories men worst-enemy
Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.
men tomorrow
Tomorrow is no man's gift.
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.