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Amelia Barr Quotes

The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful Picture Quote #1

A good message will always find a messenger Picture Quote #1

Truth can be outraged by silence quite as cruelly as by speech Picture Quote #1

It is not that we have a soul, we are a soul Picture Quote #1

... how poorly do we love even those whom we love most! We are not only bruised by the limitations of their love for us, but also by the limitations of our own love for them Picture Quote #1

... good and evil are so interwoven in life that every good, traced up far enough, is found to involve evil. This is the great mystery of life Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The breed is more than the pasture. As you know, the cuckoo lays her eggs in any bird’s nest; it may be hatched among blackbirds or robins or thrushes, but it is always a cuckoo.... a man cannot deliver himself from his ancestors Picture Quote #1

... trouble of all kinds is voluble, and has plenty of words, but happiness was never written down Picture Quote #1

There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it Picture Quote #1

... if fiction does not show us a better life than reality, what is the good of it? Picture Quote #1

... Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition Picture Quote #1

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But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart? Picture Quote #1

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them Picture Quote #1

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished Picture Quote #1

All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves Picture Quote #1

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life Picture Quote #1

It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem Picture Quote #1

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There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance Picture Quote #1

In all troublous events we may find comfort, though it be only in the negative admission that things might have been worse Picture Quote #1

Perhaps when the light of heaven shows us clearly the pitfalls and dangers of the earth road that led to the heavenly city, our sweetest songs of gratitude will be not for the troubles we have conquered, but for those we have escaped Picture Quote #1

I wear the key of memory, and can open every door in the house of my life Picture Quote #1

If a thing is to be done, there is no time like the hour that has not struck Picture Quote #1

A little misgiving in the beginning of things, means much regret in the end of them Picture Quote #1

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The first step is what I like to be sure of... to the second step it often binds you Picture Quote #1

Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Spiritual favors are not always to be looked for, and not always to be relied on Picture Quote #1

This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away Picture Quote #1

To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves Picture Quote #1

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The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful (Amelia Barr Quotes) A good message will always find a messenger (Amelia Barr Quotes) Truth can be outraged by silence quite as cruelly as by speech (Amelia Barr Quotes) It is not that we have a soul, we are a soul (Amelia Barr Quotes) ... how poorly do we love even those whom we love most! We are not only bruised by the limitations of their love for us, but also by the limitations of our own love for them (Amelia Barr Quotes) ... good and evil are so interwoven in life that every good, traced up far enough, is found to involve evil. This is the great mystery of life (Amelia Barr Quotes) 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 (Amelia Barr Quotes) The breed is more than the pasture. As you know, the cuckoo lays her eggs in any bird’s nest; it may be hatched among blackbirds or robins or thrushes, but it is always a cuckoo.... a man cannot deliver himself from his ancestors (Amelia Barr Quotes) ... trouble of all kinds is voluble, and has plenty of words, but happiness was never written down (Amelia Barr Quotes) There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it (Amelia Barr Quotes) ... if fiction does not show us a better life than reality, what is the good of it? (Amelia Barr Quotes) ... Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition (Amelia Barr Quotes) But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart? (Amelia Barr Quotes) The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them (Amelia Barr Quotes) Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished (Amelia Barr Quotes) All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves (Amelia Barr Quotes) That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life (Amelia Barr Quotes) It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem (Amelia Barr Quotes) There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance (Amelia Barr Quotes) In all troublous events we may find comfort, though it be only in the negative admission that things might have been worse (Amelia Barr Quotes) Perhaps when the light of heaven shows us clearly the pitfalls and dangers of the earth road that led to the heavenly city, our sweetest songs of gratitude will be not for the troubles we have conquered, but for those we have escaped (Amelia Barr Quotes) I wear the key of memory, and can open every door in the house of my life (Amelia Barr Quotes) If a thing is to be done, there is no time like the hour that has not struck (Amelia Barr Quotes) A little misgiving in the beginning of things, means much regret in the end of them (Amelia Barr Quotes) The first step is what I like to be sure of... to the second step it often binds you (Amelia Barr Quotes) Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly (Amelia Barr Quotes) 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 (Amelia Barr Quotes) Spiritual favors are not always to be looked for, and not always to be relied on (Amelia Barr Quotes) This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away (Amelia Barr Quotes) To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves (Amelia Barr Quotes)

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