Famous Quotes / Margaret Deland
12 Quotations by Margaret Deland
- 1. A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
- 2. A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitt ...
- 3. Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.
- 4. Every new truth begins in a shocking heresy.
- 5. Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.
- 6. One must desire something to be alive: perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.
- 7. One must desire something to be alive: perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.
- 8. Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
- 9. Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
- 10. There isn't any virtue where there has never been any temptation.
- 11. Truth is like heat or light; its vibrations are endless, and are endlessly felt.
- 12. You can't have genius without patience.