A-Z Blogging Challenge "H"

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As a very young girl I lived with my paternal grandmother for three formative years. Being an enthusiastic teacher and lover of words, she invariably had quotations written all over the house... literally. On the backs of cupboard doors, on calendars, napkins or wherever she happened to be.  With this in mind I am finding the authors, in alphabetical sequence, of many of her favorite quotations and am adding some of those that are special to my family as well.  Hope you enjoy!





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Aldous Huxley was born in Godalming, Surrey on July 26, 1894, into a well-to-do upper-middle-class family.  He first studied at Eton College, Berkshire (1908-13). When Huxley was fourteen his mother died. At the age of 16 Huxley suffered an attack of keratitis punctata( and inflammation of the cornea of the eye) and became for a period of about 18 months totally blind. By using special glasses and one eye recovered sufficiently he was able to read and he also learned Braille. Despite a condition of near-blindness, Huxley continued his studies at Balliol College, Oxford (1913-15), receiving his B.A. in English in 1916. Unable to pursue his chosen career as a scientist - or fight in World War on the front - Huxley turned to writing. His first collection of poetry appeared in 1916 and two more volumes followed by 1920.Huxley died in 1963.

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

Several excuses are always less convincing than one.

 

 

 

Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Among his many publications were the nine-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great. He and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard died aboard the RMS Lusitiana which was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915.

 

 

 

  The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.