A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell

Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Topics: Houses Quotes

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas,...

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas,...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, never give up...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, never give up...

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

Mothers are instinctive philosophers.

Mothers are instinctive philosophers.

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man

The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone

The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will...

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will...

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is...

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is...

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

I no more thought of style or literary excellence than the mother who rushes into...

I no more thought of style or literary excellence than the mother who rushes into...

If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language,...

If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language,...

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why...

One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems...

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision,...

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision,...

What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, and it...

What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, and it...

Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the...

Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the...

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If...

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If...

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there...

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there...