Eliza Cook Quotes

1818–1889, British Poet · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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“Better build schoolrooms for ''the boy,'' than cells and gibbets for ''the man.''”
Verified"A Song for the Ragged Schools", st. 12. Eliza Cook's Journal, vol. 1 (October 1849) p. 288 · evidenceDetails & citeEducation
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“How cruelly sweet are the echoes that start When Memory plays an old tune on the heart.”
Verified"Old Dobbin", st. 16. Melaia, &c. (1840) p. 82 · evidenceDetails & citeMemory
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“Who would not rather trust and be deceived?”
Trust
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“Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis ''good works'' make the man.”
Deeds and Good Deeds
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“Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?”
Ideals and Idealism
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