Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Eden Phillpotts

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English writer Eden Phillpotts.

Last updated on November 27, 2024.

Eden Phillpotts was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer.

English - Writer | November 4, 1862 - December 29, 1960

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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

Eden Phillpotts

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Eden Phillpotts

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

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We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks.

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You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.

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I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

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Beer drinking doesn't do half the harm of lovemaking.

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Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.

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A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.

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Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.

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As for the largest-hearted of us, what is the word we write most often in our cheque-books? "Self.

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We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.

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Who said it first? We don't know, but very often we find the same ideas attributed to two different people. All we can do is give you both. . . . The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

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No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.

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