What did Margaret Deland mean by: We’ve all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business. - Margaret Deland Author · USA Copy
+ … some of the things floating about in the Well of Memory are not worth recording. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Floating, Memories, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ There isn’t any virtue where there has never been any temptation. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Temptation, Virtue, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ conceit is the devil’s horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Conceit, Devil, Horse, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ When one promise jostles another, one of ’em isn’t a promise. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Ems, Promise, 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
+ Books are like sapphires; they must be polished – polished! or else you insult your readers. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Book, Insult, 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
+ the attempt to break a habit of years is necessarily experimental. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Break, Habit, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted. - George Eliot Author · England
Fish is meant to tempt as well as nourish, and everything that lives in water is seductive. - Jean-Paul Aron
Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
I had been taught to look for monsters and devils and I found ordinary people. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
When fleeing the scene of temptation, do not leave a forwarding address. - Jeffrey R. Holland Religious leader · USA
