What did Margaret Deland mean by: Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It’s a spiritual dissipation. - Margaret Deland Author · USA Copy
+ I’ve always thought the law ought to put on spectacles, it has mighty poor eyesight once in a while. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Law, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ I have no faith in a human critter who hasn’t one or two bad habits. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Habit, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ Conscience that isn’t hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Common Sense, Conscience, Dangerous, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ We’ve all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Devil, Lonely, Temptation, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ a manufactured interest has no staying quality – especially if it involves any hard work. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Hard Work, Interest, Quality, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ Truth is like heat or light; its vibrations are endless, and are endlessly felt. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Light, Vibrations, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Connections, Modesty, Self, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader’s frame of mind. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Letters, Mind, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. Explain - Leonardo da Vinci Painter · Italy
Is art worth dying for? Well I don’t know a single inanimate object that’s worth dying for. - George Clooney Actor · USA
Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning. - Walter Gropius Architect · Germany
