Author: Julia Ward Howe

Quotes

I never could be good when I was not happy.

I never could be good when I was not happy.

- Julia Ward Howe

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

- Julia Ward Howe

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.

- Julia Ward Howe

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.

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

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

- Julia Ward Howe

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

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

- Julia Ward Howe

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

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

- Julia Ward Howe

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

- Julia Ward Howe

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

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

- Julia Ward Howe

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