Quotes by Gilbert Parker

“There is no influence like the influence of habit.””

“War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.””

“There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.””

“There's no tongue that's so tied, when tying's needed, as the one that babbles most bewhiles. Babbling covers a lot of secrets.””

“Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry.””

“She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good.””

“Ever since I’d met Edna Parker Watson, I tried to wear suits whenever possible. Among other lessons, that woman had taught me that a suit will always make you look more chic and important than a dress. And not too much jewelry! “A majority of the time,” Edna said, “jewelry is an attempt to cover up a badly chosen or ill-fitting garment.””

“Destiny gives us in life so much and no more: to some a great deal in a little time, to others a little over a great deal of time, but never the full cup and the shining sky over long years.””

“The one chance of happiness we artists have is not to act in our own lives, but to be true-- real and true.””

“What I shall feel to-morrow I cannot tell. Maybe I shall go blind again, for women are never two days alike in their minds or bodies.””

“He saw that there had been a scene, and conceived that it was the kind of quarrel which could be better arranged by a third disinterested person.””