Julia Ward Howe Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Julia Ward Howe:

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.
~Julia Ward Howe


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I was born 'neath a clouded star.
~Julia Ward Howe


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I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.
~Julia Ward Howe


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How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society.
~Julia Ward Howe


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I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.
~Julia Ward Howe


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The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#ce7cd9d7

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#3831de93

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#06045f65

While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#3231318b

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#ba91898e

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#d609d19f

I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#914b7613

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#9e692f0a

I never could be good when I was not happy.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#e8f8f201

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#12fb7924

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
~Julia Ward Howe


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When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#d485a599

I take refuge in my books.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#200b0e11

The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#ce5abd33

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.
~Julia Ward Howe


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/julia-ward-howe-quotes/#44f89231

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