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Sarah Josepha Hale was an American writer, born on October 24, 1788, and died on April 30, 1879. She is known for her contributions to women's education and social reform, most notably for her work 'Mary Baker Eddy's Gift', which later became the prototype of the American Santa Claus.

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Famous Sarah Josepha Hale Quotes

“self-control, in every station and to every individual, is indispensable, if people would retain that equanimity of mind, which, depending on self-respect, is the essential of contentment and happiness.”

People Ifs Mind Self Individual Essentials Self Respect Contentment Stations Self Control Indispensable Equanimity

Book:Ladies' Magazine

Source: Ladies' Magazine

“Why is it that water, so monotonous in its characteristics, should nevertheless possess a charm for every mind? I believe it is chiefly because it bears the impress of the Creator, which we feel neither the power of time or of man can efface or alter.”

Men Feels Should Mind Believe I Believe Water Bears Creator Characteristics Charm Nevertheless Impress Monotonous

Book:Traits of American Life

Source: Traits of American Life

“The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.”

Mind Women Conversation Welcome Guests Suggestions

Book:Manners

Source: Manners

“The burning soul, the burden'd mind, In books alone companions find.”

Mind Book Soul Burden Burning Companion

Author:Sarah Josepha Hale

“Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, Entrusted to the mother's mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train a Washington.”

Mind Littles Soul Form Mother Fashion Inspire Genius Understood Train West Motherhood Wondrous

Book:Three Hours: Or, The Vigil of Love: and Other Poems

Source: Three Hours: Or, The Vigil of Love: and Other Poems

“Democracies have been, and governments called, free; but the spirit of independence and the consciousness of unalienable rights, were never before transfused into the minds of a whole people....The feeling of equality which they proudly cherish does not proceed from an ignorance of their station, but from the knowledge of their rights; and it is this knowledge which will render it so exceedingly difficult for any tyrant ever to triumph over the liberties of our country.”

Source: Ladies' Magazine

“There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind.”

Mind Loss Awakening Disaster Decay Trifling

Book:Ladies' Magazine

Source: Ladies' Magazine

About the Author

Born: October 24, 1788
Died: April 30, 1879
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 50

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Traits of American LifeRelated source material

Dictionary of poetical quotationsRelated source material

Ladies' MagazineRelated source material

Three Hours: Or, The Vigil of Love: and Other PoemsRelated source material

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Ladies' Magazine and Literary GazetteRelated source material

A complete dictionary of poetical quotations: comprising the most excellent and appropriate passages in the old British poets; with choice and copious selections from the best modern British and American poetsRelated source material

Godey's MagazineRelated source material

MannersRelated source material

The Domestic Idiom: The Rhetorical Appeals of Four Influential Women in Nineteenth-century AmericaRelated source material

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