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

Quote by Sarah Orne Jewett

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the...

God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point...

God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty...

It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty...

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we...

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we...

All the concepts about stepping out of your comfort zone mean nothing until you decide...

All the concepts about stepping out of your comfort zone mean nothing until you decide...

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know

Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be...

Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home

He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home

Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of...

Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of...