C. A. Bartol Quotes

Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced.

Every pure thought is a glimpse of God.

Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent.

Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth.

Hope is the parent of faith.

Self-condemnation is God's absolution; and pleading guilty, acquittal at his bar.

Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment.

Patience is nobler motion than any deed.

Fine manners are like personal beauty,--a letter of credit everywhere.

Nothing is an absolute reality, all is permitted.

Religion is indeed woman's panoply; no one who wishes her happiness would divest her of it; no one who appreciates her virtues would weaken her best security.

Freedom is not caprice but room to enlarge.

Children are marvelously and intuitively correct physiognomists. The youngest of them exhibit this trait.

On the attraction between man and woman society is based; but its refined is greater than its gross force, and its weight is like the gravitation of the globe.

True men and women are all physicians to make us well.

Private sincerity is a public welfare.

The soul is one with its faith.

War sounds romantic, heroic even, until everyone you know starts dying.

I prefer my justice to be blind.

You cannot thrive under the wrong stars, Kricket… the stars here are in opposition to you… can’t you feel it?… Let us take you home.

I'm stone, nothing touches me-nothing.

I should love her like there is an ache that won't go away unless I'm with her.