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Constance Fenimore Woolson Quotes

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Constance Fenimore Woolson was an American novelist known for her delicate descriptions and profound understanding of the natural environment. Her works are typically set in the rural United States of the 19th century, showcasing the independence and resilience of female characters.

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All Be Humble Bears Careless Childhood Daughter Discretion Easy Egotistical Father February

Famous Constance Fenimore Woolson Quotes

“Theories are like scaffolding: they are not the house, but you cannot build the house without them.”

House Theory Scaffolding

Book:Anne

Source: Anne

“If we neglect our privileges, the gods take them from us.”

Ifs Gratitude Privilege Neglect

Book:Anne

Source: Anne

“Are we to go out with trumpets and tell everything we know, just because it is true? Is there not such a thing as egotistical truthfulness?”

Knows Discretion Trumpets Truthfulness Egotistical

Book:Anne: A Novel

Source: Anne: A Novel

“a daughter's love for a kind father ... is mixed with the careless happiness of childhood, which can never come again. Into the father's grave the daughter, sometimes a gray-haired woman, lays away forever the little pet names and memories which to all the rest of the world are but foolishness.”

World Kind Littles Sometimes Father Names Memories Forever Childhood Daughter Lays Graves Pet Gray Foolishness Careless Pet Names

Book:Anne: A Novel

Source: Anne: A Novel

“It is easy to be humble when a greater is preferred; but when an inferior is lifted high above our heads, how can we bear it?”

Easy Greater Humility Bears Humble Inferiors Be Humble

Book:Anne

Source: Anne

“warm-heartedness generally begins at home, and those who are warm to others are warmer to themselves; it is but the overflow.”

Home Kindness Warm Overflow

Book:Anne

Source: Anne

“Time is not so all-erasing as we think.”

Thinking Time

Book:Anne

Source: Anne

“My only wickedness is that I love you; my only goodness, the same.”

Love You Goodness Wickedness

Book:Anne

Source: Anne

“In tangled wreath, in clustered gleaming stars, In floating, curling sprays, The golden flower comes shining though the woods These February days; Forth go all hearts, all hands, from out the town, To bring her gayly in, This wild, sweet Princess of far Florida - The yellow jessamine.”

Heart Hands Stars Sweet Flower Towns Shining Woods Golden Yellow Princess Florida Floating Spray February Tangled Wreaths

Book:Five Generations (1785-1923): Being Scattered Chapters from the History of the Cooper, Pomeroy, Woolson and Benedict Families, with Extracts from Their Letters and Journals, as Well as Articles and Poems by Constance Fenimore Woolson

Source: Five Generations (1785-1923): Being Scattered Chapters from the History of the Cooper, Pomeroy, Woolson and Benedict Families, with Extracts from Their Letters and Journals, as Well as Articles and Poems by Constance Fenimore Woolson

About the Author

Born: March 5, 1840
Died: January 24, 1894
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 9

Books & Sources

AnneRelated source material

Anne: A NovelRelated source material

Five Generations (1785-1923): Being Scattered Chapters from the History of the Cooper, Pomeroy, Woolson and Benedict Families, with Extracts from Their Letters and Journals, as Well as Articles and Poems by Constance Fenimore WoolsonRelated source material

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