Gilbert Parker Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Gilbert Parker quotes and sayings page 2 (politician). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 22 we have.

“The real business of life is trying to understand each other.”

“It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.”

“He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.”

“Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.”

“But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave.”

“Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry.”

“He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever.”

“She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good.”

“It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.”