Ellen Glasgow Quotes
Most popular Ellen Glasgow Quotes
![Cruelty is the only sin. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/54/28954A-cruelty-is-the-only-sin-ellen-glasgow.png)
Cruelty is the only sin.
![A self-made martyr is a poor thing. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/73/35573A-a-self-made-martyr-is-a-poor-thing-ellen-glasgow.png)
A self-made martyr is a poor thing.
![True goodness is an inward grace, not an outward necessity. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/27/32027A-true-goodness-is-an-inward-grace-not-outward-necessity-ellen-glasgow.png)
True goodness is an inward grace, not an outward necessity.
![The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/34/20734A-the-only-difference-between-a-rut-grave-are-dimensions-ellen-glasgow.png)
The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.
![The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/02/20202A-the-only-difference-between-a-rut-grave-is-their-dimensions-ellen-glasgow.png)
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
![You can't take it with you; you never see a U-haul following a hearse. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/31/19431A-you-cant-take-it-with-you-you-never-see-u-ellen-glasgow.png)
You can't take it with you; you never see a U-haul following a hearse.
![There is only one force stronger than selfishness, and that is stupidity. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/36/40236A-there-is-only-one-force-stronger-than-selfishness-that-is-ellen-glasgow.png)
There is only one force stronger than selfishness, and that is stupidity.
![For my own purpose, I defined the art of fiction as experience illuminated. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/75/31075A-for-my-own-purpose-i-defined-art-fiction-as-experience-ellen-glasgow.png)
For my own purpose, I defined the art of fiction as experience illuminated.
![To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/76/29876A-to-drink-for-pleasure-may-be-distraction-but-drink-from-ellen-glasgow.png)
To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger.
![There is no monster more destructive than the inventive mind that has outstripped philosophy. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/97/33897A-there-is-no-monster-more-destructive-than-inventive-mind-that-ellen-glasgow.png)
There is no monster more destructive than the inventive mind that has outstripped philosophy.
![The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/87/32087A-the-governments-like-a-mule-its-slow-its-sure-its-ellen-glasgow.png)
The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it.
![It is only by knowing how little life has in store for us that we are able to look on the bright side and avoid disappointment. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/65/29565A-it-is-only-by-knowing-how-little-life-has-store-ellen-glasgow.png)
It is only by knowing how little life has in store for us that we are able to look on the bright side and avoid disappointment.
![You see it is wiser to be conventionally immoral than unconventionally moral. It isn't the immorality they object to, but the originality. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/99/33499A-you-see-it-is-wiser-to-be-conventionally-immoral-than-ellen-glasgow.png)
You see it is wiser to be conventionally immoral than unconventionally moral. It isn't the immorality they object to, but the originality.
![No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book. - Ellen Glasgow quote.](/img/q/76/30576A-no-matter-how-vital-experience-might-be-while-you-lived-ellen-glasgow.png)
No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book.