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Amelia Barr, a British novelist, was born on March 29, 1831, and died on March 10, 1919. Known for her delicate emotions and profound social insight, her works had a significant impact on British literature at the end of the 19th century.

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Famous Amelia Barr Quotes

“There is much said about the wickedness of doing evil that good may come. Alas! there is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.”

May Said Evil Good And Evil Alas Wickedness Doing Good

Book:Jan Vedder's Wife

Source: Jan Vedder's Wife

“Be not too strict - too far east is west. You may lose all by demanding all.”

May Loses West East Strict Moderation

Book:The Maid of Maiden Lane: A Sequel to

Source: The Maid of Maiden Lane: A Sequel to

“the breed is more than the pasture. As you know, the cuckoo lays her eggs in any bird's nest; it may be hatched among blackbirds or robins or thrushes, but it is always a cuckoo. ... a man cannot deliver himself from his ancestors.”

Knows Men May Past Bird Lays Eggs Ancestor Nests Robins Pastures Cuckoos Blackbirds

Book:The Belle of Bowling Green

Source: The Belle of Bowling Green

“A poverty that is universal may be cheerfully borne; it is an individual poverty that is painful and humiliating.”

May Individual Poverty Universal Painful Humiliating

Book:All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart

Source: All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart

“When a man has calamity upon calamity the world generally concludes that he must be a very wicked man to deserve them. Perhaps the world is right; but it is also just possible that the world ... may be wrong.”

Men World May Deserve Wicked Calamity Wicked Man

Book:Jan Vedder's Wife

Source: Jan Vedder's Wife

“... though mathematics may teach a man how to build a bridge, it is what the Scotch Universities call the humanities, that teach him to be civil and sweet-tempered.”

Men May Humanity Teach Sweet Mathematics University Bridges Scotch

Book:All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography

Source: All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography

“Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural.”

Ifs May Science Scientist Unnatural

Book:All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart

Source: All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart

“There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance.”

Ifs Thinking Inspirational May Littles Seems Opportunity Fate Risk Events Perspective Consequence Importance Neglect Acquaintance Events In Life

Book:All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography

Source: All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography

“In all troublous events we may find comfort, though it be only in the negative admission that things might have been worse.”

May Has Beens Might Events Gratitude Comfort Negative Might Have Been Admission

Author:Amelia Barr

About the Author

Born: March 29, 1831
Died: March 10, 1919
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 75

Books & Sources

All the Days of My Life: An AutobiographyRelated source material

Jan Vedder's WifeRelated source material

The Maid of Maiden Lane: A Sequel toRelated source material

All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human HeartRelated source material

The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New YorkRelated source material

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