Gilbert Parker

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#doing #falling #tempted #virtue #want

Tomorrow is no man's gift. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#man #tomorrow

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#law #lose #nothing #unproductive #whether

She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#belongs #calls #delightful #everybody #good

The real business of life is trying to understand each other. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#each #life #other #real #trying

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#gentle #make #none #war

But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#crave #game #joy #life #part

Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#commandments #different #different set #every #every man

Every shot that kills ricochets. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#kills #shot