What did Phyllis Bottome mean by: the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites. Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom Copy
with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it – he is never for one instant safe! Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Courage, Safety, Vulnerability, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
There’s nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Growth, Perseverance, Resilience, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Caution, Jealousy, Social hierarchy, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
Poets, when they write of love, give themselves and everyone else away! Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Connection, Self-disclosure, Vulnerability, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Communication, Empathy, Relationships, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
We cannot alter facts, but we can alter our ways of looking at them. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Change, Perception, Reality, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Change, Knowledge, Utility, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient – never. Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Phyllis Bottome, Deception, Mortality, Relationships, 0 Phyllis Bottome Author · United Kingdom
The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Godhead fires, the soul attains. William Morris Designer · England
We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
A wife loves out of duty, and duty leads to constraint, and constraint kills desire. Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
