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“Anger as well as love casts out fear.”

Quote by Margaret Deland

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Margaret Deland

Margaret Deland was an American novelist born on February 23, 1857, and died on January 13, 1945. Known for her delicate emotional descriptions and profound character portrayals, her works often explore themes of human nature, morality, and religion, with notable titles including 'The Hidden Garden'. more

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“The anger of slow, mild, loving people has a lasting quality that mere bad-tempered folk cannot understand.”

People Quality Anger Mere Folks Lasting

Author:Margaret Deland

“To talk over a quarrel, with its inevitable accompaniment of self-justification, is too much like handling cobwebs to be very successful.”

Self Successful Too Much Inevitable Justification Quarrels Cobwebs Self Justification

Author:Margaret Deland

“There's one thing that always interests me about you good people, not your certainty that the rest of us are swine, - no doubt we are, - but your certainty that your opinions are pearls.”

People Interest Opinion Doubt One Thing Certainty Arrogance No Doubt Good People Pearls Swine

Author:Margaret Deland

“Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul; and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.”

Years Soul Body Five Years Ago Twenties Burden Christmas Five Years Ridicule Trash Fatigue Twenty Five Weariness Weighing Quid Pro Quo

Author:Margaret Deland

“the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!”

Ifs Profession Ministry Matrimony Clergy

Book:Around Old Chester

Source: Around Old Chester

“the blue and cloudless day closes like the lid of a casket of jewels upon the violet rim of sea, and shuts out the light.”

Light Sea Blue Jewels Violet Rims Caskets

Author:Margaret Deland

“Real divorce takes place without a decree.”

Real Divorce Decree

Author:Margaret Deland

“When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.”

Author:Margaret Deland

“It is useless to deny that, unless one has a genius for imparting knowledge, teaching is a drudgery.”

Teaching Genius Deny Useless Drudgery

Book:Dr. Lavendar's People

Source: Dr. Lavendar's People

“faith, it seems to me, is not the holding of certain dogmas; it is simply openness and readiness of heart to believe any truth which God may show.”

Believe Heart May Shows Seems Certain Faith Openness Dogma Readiness

Book:John Ward, Preacher

Source: John Ward, Preacher