“Our impulses are our birthright. To alter personality would be unjust, almost criminal, for the impulses that make a fool or worse of us in certain circumstances may be necessary for our happiness.” MayWould BeCertainFoolPersonalityCircumstancesCriminalsImpulseUnjustBirthright Author:Gertrude Atherton
“Did any great genius ever enter the world in the wake of commonplace pre-natal conditions? Was a maker of history ever born amidst the pleasant harmonies of a satisfied domesticity? Of a mother who was less than remarkable, although she may have escaped being great? Did a woman with no wildness in her blood ever inform a brain with electric fire? The students of history know that while many mothers of great men have been virtuous, none have been commonplace, and few have been happy.” KnowsMenWorldMayHas BeensMotherBornBrainFireBloodConditionsStudentsGeniusHarmonySatisfiedPleasantGreat MenRemarkableMakersVirtuousElectricCommonplaceWildnessDomesticityNatal Author:Gertrude Atherton
“No matter how hard a man may labor, some woman is always in the background of his mind. She is the one reward of virtue.” MenMindMayMatterHardVirtueLaborRewardsBackgrounds Book:the conqueror Source: the conqueror