Mazo de la Roche famous quotes
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Every one regards his duty as a troublesome master from whom he would like to be free.
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a church is an interesting place once you get the parson and the people out of it. Real music can get in then, and a real God! Nothing flibertigibbet about religion then.
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My Scottie refused to go for a walk with a friend of the house, but she would joyously accompany any stranger who drove a car.
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She never sat down in a car but stood, braced tense, facing the wind. Now and again she would turn her face toward me with an apologetic expression as though to say: "I have not forgotten that you are here but there are certain pleasures I cannot share with you." Her nose never ceased its sensitive quivering.
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The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
-- Mazo de la Roche
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Since one cannot visually experience the presence of the Supersoul, He appears before us as a liberated devotee. Such a spiritual master is none other than Krishna himself.
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Words are good servants but bad masters.
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To mention only contemporaries, Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Rousseau, Courbet are masters. And finally [I like] all those [painters] who loved and had a strong feeling for nature.
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It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.
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The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.
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The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.
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The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.
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I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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Love likes to extend itself. If you receive it in a book - or however you get it - then your duty is to extend it beyond.
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It is your duty in life to save your dream.
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