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
love relationship stars
Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.
broken-heart pride broken-love
It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.
i-love-you heart thee
Ah, lady, when I gave my heart to thee, It passed into thy lifelong regency.
bloom creation flower glow
He was of those who hypnotize themselves, who glow with self-creation, who flower and bloom without pollen.
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.
cherished few ideas man
Being a man of very few ideas, he cherished those he had with an exaggerated care.
real trying life-is
The real business of life is trying to understand each other.
positive influence habit
There is no influence like the influence of habit.
roots imagination
Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.
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.
shots ricochet
Every shot that kills ricochets.