Quotes from My Farm of Edgewood — Ik Marvel
1822–1908 United States
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I find no man so disagreeable to meet with, as one who knows everything.
My Farm of Edgewood (1863)
The attempt to better one's condition is always praiseworthy; but it is only base and ignoble to attempt to cover one's condition with an idle smack of something larger.
My Farm of Edgewood (1863)
I have no faith in cats: they are a cold-blooded race; they are the politicians among domestic animals; they care little who is master, or what are the over-turnings, so their pickings are secure; and what are their midnight caucuses but primary meetings?
My Farm of Edgewood (1863)
It is certain that by a special dispensation of Providence in favor of those who make up the bulk of the human family, a man may secure a simple livelihood in agricultural pursuits, with less of energy, less of promptitude, less of calculation, and greater unthrift generally, than would be compatible with even this scanty aim, in any other calling of life.
My Farm of Edgewood (1863)