“ It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child's curiosity and then… Alice Duer Miller
“ If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue. Alice Duer Miller
“ Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you. Alice Duer Miller
“ People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can… Alice Duer Miller
“ If it's painful for you to criticize your friends, you're safe in doing it; if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue. Alice Duer Miller
“ Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give values to survival. Alice Duer Miller
“ Listening is not merely not talking though even that is beyond most of our powers it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told us. Alice Duer Miller
“ Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others Alice Duer Miller
“ When men in Congress come to blows at somemthing someone said,I always notice that it shows their blood is quick and red;But if two women disagree, with very little noise,It proves, and this seems str… Alice Duer Miller
“ Is it true that the English government is calling on women to do work abandoned by men?Yes, it is true.Is not a woman's place the home?No, not when men need her services outside the home.Will she neve… Alice Duer Miller
“ We are not really senseless, and we are not angels, too,But very human beings, human just as much as you.It's hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublimeWhen you're treated as incompetents three-qu… Alice Duer Miller
“ There, little girl, don't read,You're fond of your books, I know,But Brother might mopeIf he had no hopeOf getting ahead of you.It's dull for a boy who cannot lead.There, little girl, don't read. Alice Duer Miller
“ Mother, what is a Feminist?""A feminist, my daughter,Is any woman now who caresTo think about her own affairsAs men don't think she oughter. Alice Duer Miller
