Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading.

Quote by Sarah Orne Jewett

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The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were...

God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were...

What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households.

What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households.

It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the...

It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the...

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did...

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit...

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place...

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a...

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a...

I were but little happy, if I could say how much

I were but little happy, if I could say how much

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.

Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined...

Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other...

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able...

The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able...

You're a beautiful girl, and you can do anything you want in life.

You're a beautiful girl, and you can do anything you want in life.