Surely it is one
Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Who originated that most
Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system? Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
… life is moral
… life is moral responsibility. Life is several other things, we do not deny. It is beauty, it is joy, it is tragedy, it is comedy, it is psychical and physical pleasure, it is the interplay of a thousand rude or delicate motions and emotions, it is the grimmest and the merriest motley of phantasmagoria … Read more
The literary artist will
The literary artist will … portray what he knows, and little else. Imagination is built upon knowledge, and his dreams will rest upon his facts. He is worth to the world just about what he has learned from it, and no more. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
I can remember no
I can remember no time when I did not understand that my mother must write books because people would have and read them; but I cannot remember one hour in which her children needed her and did not find her. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
The distractions, the exhaustions,
The distractions, the exhaustions, the savage noises, the demands of town life, are, for me, mortal enemies to thought, to sleep,and to study; its extremes of squalor and of splendor do not stimulate, but sadden me; certain phases of its society I profoundly value, but would sacrifice them to the heaven of country quiet, if … Read more
It is not in
It is not in our drawing-rooms that we should look to judge of the intrinsic worth of any style of dress. The street-car is a truer crucible of its inherent value. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
The rainiest nights, like
The rainiest nights, like the rainiest lives, are by no means the saddest. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Death is not the
Death is not the worst sorrow. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
The woman\\’s personal identity
The woman’s personal identity is a vast undiscovered country — with which Society has yet to acquaint itself, and by which it is yet to be revolutionized. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward