Being a man of very few ideas, he cherished those he had with an exaggerated care.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about idea, being, man
Quotes by Gilbert Parker
24 quotes by Gilbert Parker
Gilbert Parker - british politician
Was born on 23 nov 1862.
Died on 06 sep 1932, at 69 years old.
Died on 06 sep 1932, at 69 years old.
Origin country: United Kingdom
But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about advice, joy, games, life
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.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about man, circumstances, worry, work
For when a child is born the mother also is born again.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about children, mother
He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it...
Quote by Gilbert Parker about opinion, purpose, light, reason, spirit, being, world
He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about lie, silence
Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about imagination, love
In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about secret, guilt, moral, mind, end, good, good luck
It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about heart, proudness
It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about recollection, friendship, day, man
It's the people who try to be clever who never are, the people who are clever never think of trying to be.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about intelligence, people
Love knows not distance, it hath no continent, its eyes are for the stars.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about love, celebrity, stars, eyes
Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over, but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning, and life at that price is not worth living.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about man, day, heart, death, things, life
Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about recollection, memory, enemies, man
Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about law, nothing
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.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about mistery, good, good luck
She was beginning to understand that evil is not absolute, and that good is often an occasion more than a condition.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about absolute, beginning, good, good luck
The real business of life is trying to understand each other.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about affair, real estate, life
There is no influence like the influence of habit.
Quote by Gilbert Parker about opinion, influence, habits
