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Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is read more
Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body
People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.
People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.
A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children read more
A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.
The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, read more
The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace
A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom read more
A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.
What does one woman see in another than a man cannot see? Tenderness
What does one woman see in another than a man cannot see? Tenderness
His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and read more
His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.
And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me read more
And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.
Tenderness is a virtue.
Tenderness is a virtue.
