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Mary Augusta Ward Quotes

Is there any other slavery and chain like that of temperament Picture Quote #1

Other trades may fail. The agitator is always sure of his market Picture Quote #1

In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction Picture Quote #1

The answer, of course, in the mouth of a Christian teacher is that in Christianity alone is there both present joy and future hope Picture Quote #1

... the strictness of to-day may have at any moment to be purchased by the laxity of to-morrow Picture Quote #1

My credo is very short. Its first article is art - and its second is art - and its third is art! Picture Quote #1

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The answer, of course, in the mouth of a Christian teacher is that in Christianity alone is there both present joy and future hope Picture Quote #1

In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction Picture Quote #1

Praise is a great tonic, and helps most people to do their best Picture Quote #1

There is a tyrannical element in all fanaticism, an element which makes opposition a torment Picture Quote #1

Every man is bound to leave a story better than he found it Picture Quote #1

There is nothing more startling in human relations that the strong emotion of weak people Picture Quote #1

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Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879 Picture Quote #1

I cannot hope that what I have to say will be very interesting to many Picture Quote #1

Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system Picture Quote #1

One may as well preach a respectable mythology as anything else Picture Quote #1

Conviction is the conscience of the mind Picture Quote #1

I regard the whole university system as a wretched sham. Knowledge! It has no more to do with knowledge than my boots Picture Quote #1

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We enjoy the great prophets of literature most when we have not yet lived enough to realize all they tell us Picture Quote #1

For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures Picture Quote #1

Every great religion is, in truth, a concentration of great ideas, capable, as all ideas are, of infinite expansion and adaptation Picture Quote #1

Nothing ought to be told, I think that does not interest or kindle one’s own mind in looking back; it is the only condition on which one can hope to interest or kindle other minds Picture Quote #1

How little those who are schoolgirls of today can realize what it was to be a schoolgirl in the fifties or the early sixties of the last century! Picture Quote #1

I wanted to show how a man of sensitive and noble character, born for religion, comes to throw off the orthodoxies of his day and moment, and to go out into the wilderness where all is experiment, and spiritual life begins again Picture Quote #1

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Is there any other slavery and chain like that of temperament (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) Other trades may fail. The agitator is always sure of his market (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction. (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) The answer, of course, in the mouth of a Christian teacher is that in Christianity alone is there both present joy and future hope. (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) ... the strictness of to-day may have at any moment to be purchased by the laxity of to-morrow (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) My credo is very short. Its first article is art - and its second is art - and its third is art! (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) The answer, of course, in the mouth of a Christian teacher is that in Christianity alone is there both present joy and future hope (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) Praise is a great tonic, and helps most people to do their best (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) There is a tyrannical element in all fanaticism, an element which makes opposition a torment (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) Every man is bound to leave a story better than he found it (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) There is nothing more startling in human relations that the strong emotion of weak people (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879 (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) I cannot hope that what I have to say will be very interesting to many (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) One may as well preach a respectable mythology as anything else (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) Conviction is the conscience of the mind (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) I regard the whole university system as a wretched sham. Knowledge! It has no more to do with knowledge than my boots (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) We enjoy the great prophets of literature most when we have not yet lived enough to realize all they tell us (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) Every great religion is, in truth, a concentration of great ideas, capable, as all ideas are, of infinite expansion and adaptation (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) Nothing ought to be told, I think that does not interest or kindle one’s own mind in looking back; it is the only condition on which one can hope to interest or kindle other minds (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) How little those who are schoolgirls of today can realize what it was to be a schoolgirl in the fifties or the early sixties of the last century! (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes) I wanted to show how a man of sensitive and noble character, born for religion, comes to throw off the orthodoxies of his day and moment, and to go out into the wilderness where all is experiment, and spiritual life begins again (Mary Augusta Ward Quotes)