What did Margaret Deland mean by: When one promise jostles another, one of ’em isn’t a promise. - Margaret Deland Author · USA Copy
+ 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
+ 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
+ I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can’t be your own judge. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Judging, 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
+ 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
+ Lawyers make their cake by cooking up other people’s troubles. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024February 8, 2024, Margaret Deland, Lawyer, 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 fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Fact, Happiness, Secret, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
I love planting bulbs. It is making promises with tomorrow, believing in next year and the future. - Jean Hersey Author · USA
Promises retain men better than services; for hope is to them a chain, and gratitude a thread. - Jean-Antoine Houdon
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
We make promises to the extent that we hope-and keep them to the extent that we fear. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
I promise to stand by you unwaveringly through thick and some day, God willing, through thin. - Frank DeCaro Writer
