Life has taught me that the greatest tragedy is not to die too soon but to live too long. Ellen Glasgow More Quotes by Ellen Glasgow More Quotes From Ellen Glasgow Youth is the period of harsh judgments, and a man seldom learns until he reaches thirty that human nature is made up not of simples, but of compounds. Ellen Glasgow youth human-nature men Experience has taught me that the only cruelties people condemn are those with which they do not happen to be familiar. Ellen Glasgow cruelty taught people Cynicism is a sure sign of youth. Ellen Glasgow youth cynicism Nobody, not even the old, not even the despairing, wished to come to an end in time or in eternity. Ellen Glasgow eternity ends I've liked life well enough, but I reckon I'll like death even better as soon as I've gotten used to the feel of it. ... I shouldn't be amazed to find it less lonely than life after I'm once safely settled. Ellen Glasgow used lonely enough Cruelty, I truly believe, is the one and only sin. Ellen Glasgow cruelty sin believe I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your advice from beginning to end. Ellen Glasgow The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions. Ellen Glasgow No life is so hard that you cannot make it easier by the way you take it. Ellen Glasgow you hard life way
