Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Topics: Women Quotes

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as...

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as...

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are...

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are...

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of...

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of...

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what...

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what...

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would...

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would...

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and...

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and...