FastSaying

I am thankful to have had these ten weeks of quiet to get ready. Now I have had them and have been kindly treated here. I expected my sentence and I believe it was just. Standing as I do in view of God and Eternity, I realise that patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

Edith Cavell

Edith Cavell

Related Quotes

I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
— Edith Cavell
PatriotismAnyoneBitterness
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October 12, 1915.
— Edith Cavell
Politics / government
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred toward any one.
— Edith Louisa Cavell
Last words
On Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday:

"These two simply appreciate one another more than either of them appreciates anyone else, and they would rather be appreciated by one another more than by anyone else. They just are at home with one another, whether or not they can ever live together under the same roof -- that is, ever find a roof they can live together under.
— Stanley Cavell
conversationdesiredialogue
Squid experts have been debating for some time about whether the giant squid is a passive predator that just floats around in the water and waits to bump into something. I was never one to imagine it to be passive.
— Edith Widder
AboutAroundBeen