Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind—a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.
—Eden Phillpotts
Topics: Insanity
A Persian carpet or piece of Sheraton makes a distinguished end and bears itself with dignity to the last—as aristocrats before the guillotine. But a Brussels or bit of mid-Victorian will be found to grovel, show its unlovely wounds and scream for pity.
—Eden Phillpotts
Topics: Character
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
—Eden Phillpotts
Topics: Progress, World, Wonder, Abundance, Universe, Magic
We always think every other man’s job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks.
—Eden Phillpotts
Topics: Illusion
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