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Alice Duer Miller
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“People who deal in truth themselves recognize it when they hear it, just as people who deal in diamonds recognize a real stone when they see it.”
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942) first seen 1925 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Reluctant Duchess", in The Saturday Evening Post (April 4, 1925), p. 32
“I am American bred, I have seen much to hate here—much to forgive, But in a world where England is finished and dead, I do not wish to live.”
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The White Cliffs (New York, 1940), last lines
“People love to talk but hate to listen....Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what’s being told us....You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.”
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Henry Wise Miller, All Our Lives: Alice Duer Miller (New York, 1945), p. 124
“If it’s very painful for you to criticize your friends—you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it—that’s the time to hold your tongue.”
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Woman's Day (January, 1947), p. 7
“Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course,— because like freedom and democracy, many people you'll never know anything about have broken their hearts to get it for you.”
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Virginia Gildersleeve, Many a Good Crusade (New York, 1954), p. 228
“There, little girl, don't read, You're fond of your books, I know, But Brother might mope If he had no hope Of getting ahead of you. It's dull for a boy who cannot lead. There, little girl, don't read.”
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When men in Congress come to blows at something someone said, I always notice that it shows their blood is quick and red; But if two women disagree, with very little noise, It proves, and this seems strange to me, that women have no poise.”
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mother, what is a Feminist?" "A Feminist, my daughter, Is any woman now who cares To think about her own affairs As men don't think she oughter.”
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's treating a woman politely As long as she isn't a fright: It's guarding the girls who act rightly, If you can be judge of what's right; It's being—not just, but so pleasant; It's tipping while wages are low; It's making a beautiful present, And failing to pay what you owe.”
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are not really senseless, and we are not angels, too, But very human beings, human just as much as you. It's hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublime When you're treated as incompetents three-quarters of the time.”
Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source