Margaret Deland - The Awakening of Helena Richie (1906)

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I notice that when people have no sense of responsibility, you call them either criminals or geniuses.

Margaret Deland

There isn't any virtue where there has never been any temptation. Virtue is just temptation, overcome.

Margaret Deland

A manufactured interest has no staying quality — especially if it involves any hard work.

Margaret Deland

A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.

Margaret Deland

I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge.

Margaret Deland

When personal happiness conflicts with any great human ideal, the right to claim such happiness is as nothing compared to the privilege of resigning it.

Margaret Deland