"When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart."

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Source : Edwin Booth, Edwina Booth Grossman (1894). “Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter, Edwina Booth Grossmann, and Letters to Her and to His Friends”, New York : Century Company

Edwin Booth

#Love Quotes #Heart Quotes #Littles Quotes

“The atheist must abandon his defensive positions, take up the cudgels and go forward, rather than into the retreat of apathy.”
“I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers.”
“Rectitude carried to excess hardens into stiffness; benevolence indulged beyond measure sinks into weakness.”
“Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting in all things.”
“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.”
“I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.”
“People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.”
“The secret to success in business, and in life, is to serve others. Put others first in all you do.”

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