Eden Phillpotts
Eden Phillpotts
Eden Phillpottswas an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, British India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 November 1862
gentleman found impress
Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.
hurt adversity done
I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.
greatest-treasure happy-marriage fortune
A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.
book writing self
As for the largest-hearted of us, what is the word we write most often in our cheque-books? "Self.
ideas two giving
Who said it first? We don't know, but very often we find the same ideas attributed to two different people. All we can do is give you both. . . . The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
life jealous secret
We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.
fool may bits
The biggest fool may come out with a bit of sense when you least expect it.
heart mean light
No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.
faith mind insane
Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.
giving fool chance
You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.
drinking beer half
Beer drinking doesn't do half the harm of lovemaking.