Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.

Quote by Phyllis McGinley

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The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at...

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at...

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity.

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get...

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of...

Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of...

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace...

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace...

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive...

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive...

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it...

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite.

A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer...

For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer...