"I think it is worse to be poor in mind than in purse, to be stunted and belittled in soul, made a coward, made a liar, made mean and slavish, accustomed to fawn and prevaricate, and "manage" by base arts a husband or a father,--I think this is worse than to be kicked with hobnailed shoes."

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Source : Frances Power Cobbe (1882). “The Duties of Women: A Course of Lectures”

Frances Power Cobbe

#Art Quotes #Husband Quotes #Father Quotes

“The main point here is that we are to desire something before faith can come into play. Our desires are of value to God. Itâ€™s His will to fulfill our dreams. When we are delighting in the Lord, our dreams and desires are formed in His Spirit, timing and purpose.”
“I try to keep my sitters moving and talking, to make them forget they are being painted. This has nothing to do with extracting intimate secrets or confessions, but rather with establishing, in motion, an essential image of the kind that remains in memory or recurs in dreams.”
“The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.”
“It has been said of garlic that everyone knows its odor save he who has eaten it, and who wonders why everyone flies at his approach.”
“Yeah, but a mistake is a mistake even if you get away with it.”
“One day, in 1982, for 15 minutes, my hair was perfect.”
“I have got instincts that, I think, are very much in tune with people's very keen sense to see something different. I did not dream of being in politics since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. I was not involved in student politics, or not in that partisan way.”
“Make up is generally there to make you look better, not make you look like you're wearing make up.”

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