Stowe

Famous quotes containing the word stowe:

    Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
    —Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)

    All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
    —Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)

    To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
    —Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)