A liar did ought
A liar did ought to have a good memory. Flora Thompson
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A liar did ought to have a good memory. Flora Thompson
Any artwork needs time and patience and needs above a quiet mind. Flora Thompson
No age can have everthing and in material ways ours is more fortunate than any preceding one. Our ancestors appear to have mastered the art of living better than we are able to when an easy conscience, largely due to the unshaken faith of the time, left a marging of spiritual energy with which to … Read more
The harvest-home or supper is a thing of the past. To those who feel the fascination of the past this may appear sad, but it is not so really for, even while it existed, this surface goodwill was often an empty show. Flora Thompson
I do not compare the past with the present without a prejudice for either, but, great as the improvement in country life is in many respects, it seems a pity the old cheap, wholesome dishes have gone to make way for tinned and preserved foods. Flora Thompson
It is the fashion to talk of our changing climate and bewail the hot summers and hard winters of tradition, but how seldom we pause to marvel at the remarkable constancy of the weather from year to year. Flora Thompson
It was ordained that our earthly pilgrammage should be a struggle, and life would be a tame affair if everything went smoothly. Flora Thompson
Strict honesty was the policy of most of them; although there were a few who were said to ‘find anything before ’tis lost’ and to whom findings were keepings. Flora Thompson
Pale purple as the bloom om a ripe plum, veined with the gold of late flowering gorse, set with small slender birches,just turning yellow,with red-berried rowans and thicket of bracken, the heath lay steeped in sunshine. Flora Thompson
Some great poet or philosopher once said that \” he who goes to nature for comfort must go to her empty handed \” , and I think he was right. Flora Thompson