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Quote by Gertrude Atherton

“nothing in life is more corroding than habit.”

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Gertrude Atherton was an American author known for her novels and short stories, often focusing on social and moral issues, exploring themes such as women, class, and power. more

“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.”

“New York has always prided itself on its bad manners. That is the real source of our strength.”

Real New York Source Manners Bad Manners

Author:Gertrude Atherton

“power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature.”

Humans Passion Power Human Nature Dominant

Author:Gertrude Atherton

“the best of all good friends is pride.”

Pride Good Friend

Author:Gertrude Atherton

“There is a strong conservative instinct in the average man or woman, born of the hereditary fear of life, that prompts them to cling to old standards, or, if too intelligent to look inhospitably upon progress, to move very slowly. Both types are the brakes and wheelhorses necessary to a stable civilization, but history, even current history in the newspapers, would be dull reading if there were no adventurous spirits willing to do battle for new ideas.”

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