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The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn’t ever be any more.  (Flora Thompson Quotes) Manner and morals have improved, improved wages and world travel during the war have had effect, and the farm labourer now is an intelligent, self respecting workman, on a level at least with the town artisan. The village rustic of the past no longer exists outside of the comic papers  (Flora Thompson Quotes) No age can have everthing and in material ways ours is more fortunate than any preceding one. Our ancestors appear to have mastered the art of living better than we are able to when an easy conscience, largely due to the unshaken faith of the time, left a marging of spiritual energy with which to enjoy life  (Flora Thompson Quotes) A liar did ought to have a good memory  (Flora Thompson Quotes) You can lock up from a thief, but you can’t from a liar  (Flora Thompson Quotes) Any artwork needs time and patience and needs above a quiet mind  (Flora Thompson Quotes) Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too  (Flora Thompson Quotes) Nature knows no calendar, the seasons move in a circle  (Flora Thompson Quotes) It was ordained that our earthly pilgrammage should be a struggle, and life would be a tame affair if everything went smoothly  (Flora Thompson Quotes) It was still the custom of the countryside to build with local materials produced as close to the selected site as possible, for transport was difficult, even the best of country roads being more fitted for horseback traffic rather than heavy loads  (Flora Thompson Quotes) The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn’t ever be any more  (Flora Thompson Quotes) What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?  (Flora Thompson Quotes) It is the fashion to talk of our changing climate and bewail the hot summers and hard winters of tradition, but how seldom we pause to marvel at the remarkable constancy of the weather from year to year  (Flora Thompson Quotes) Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot  (Flora Thompson Quotes) I do not compare the past with the present without a prejudice for either, but, great as the improvement in country life is in many respects, it seems a pity the old cheap, wholesome dishes have gone to make way for tinned and preserved foods  (Flora Thompson Quotes) Words as to the inner emotions do not come readily to me, for I have led an isolated life mentally and spiritually  (Flora Thompson Quotes) Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author.. reasoning poers must be brought to reinforce imagination  (Flora Thompson Quotes)