Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Mona Caird

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English novelist Mona Caird.
Last updated on April 20, 2025.
Mona Caird

Alice Mona Alison Caird was an English novelist and essayist. Her feminist writings and views caused controversy in the late 19th century. She also advocated animal rights and civil liberties, and contributed to advancing the interests of the New Woman in the public sphere.

The world is full of tragedy; and sympathy, a little common sympathy, can do so much to soften the worst of grief. It is for the lack of that, that people despair and go down.
We are governed not by armies, but by ideas. — © Mona Caird
We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.
We are not governed by armies or police, but by ideas.
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