Margaret Deland
Margaret Deland
Margaret Delandwas an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She is generally considered part of the literary realism movement...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 February 1857
expected hold holds pint
A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
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Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.
genius difficult difficult-days
You can't have genius without patience.
expected ifs pints
A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
godly soul wicked
... in a wicked way, it is an incentive to good living to observe the spice of enjoyment there is to a godly soul in a very little sin.
arrogant conviction conceit
... perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation.
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Absurdity is the one thing love can't stand; it can overlook anything else, -- coldness, or weakness, or viciousness, -- but just be ridiculous and that's the end of it!
cake people cooking
Lawyers make their cake by cooking up other people's troubles.
justice soul demand
... there must be reserves -- except with God. The human soul is solitary. But for confession that is different; justice and reparation sometimes demand it; but, again, justice and courage sometimes forbid it.
names evil moments
... it is curious how fatal it is, either to a situation or to an individual, or even to a name, if in an evil moment it becomes funny.
teaching useless genius
It is useless to deny that, unless one has a genius for imparting knowledge, teaching is a drudgery.
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gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims.
doe habit reconcile
habit does much to reconcile us to unpleasantness ...
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the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!