Famous quotes containing the word stuart:
“Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)
“I read, with a kind of hopeless envy, histories and legends of people of our craft who “do not write for money.” It must be a pleasant experience to be able to cultivate so delicate a class of motives for the privilege of doing one’s best to express one’s thoughts to people who care for them. Personally, I have yet to breathe the ether of such a transcendent sphere. I am proud to say that I have always been a working woman, and always had to be ...”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)
“Marriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every house.”
—John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)