The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould drawbacklifelive Change image and share on social
Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould collegeconsequentdestructive Change image and share on social
One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly on them. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould burdenchieflyconventional Change image and share on social
Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will take good care that their illiteracy is not made a reproach on them. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould careeducationalgood Change image and share on social
Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould altruismbluntedge Change image and share on social
Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould concerndistinctionmarry Change image and share on social
Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould alienconventionalkind Change image and share on social
The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould claiminsidiousnesslie Change image and share on social
No fashion has ever been created expressly for the lean purse or for the fat woman: the dressmaker's ideal is the thin millionaires. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould createdressmakerexpressly Change image and share on social
Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould acceptadvancecivilization Change image and share on social