Phyllis T. Smith Quotes & Sayings

There are periods when life is so pleasant one can almost imagine the world is sun-dappled and safe. — Phyllis T. Smith

I would soar like a bird, solitary, unmated, but untrammeled. — Phyllis T. Smith

wondered what had become of Marcus Brutus's wife, Portia. She had ardently espoused the Republican cause and encouraged her husband in the course he had taken. The day after we heard news of my father's funeral, word came of her fate. Often when a man is impelled by honor to take his own life, his wife will do the same. And so Portia did, most painfully, jamming a hot coal down her throat. — Phyllis T. Smith

To be appreciated as a woman, and also to be appreciated as a creature with a mind - what more could I have wanted? — Phyllis T. Smith

I have often thought," she said, "that women are the only true adults in the world, and men are a species of children. When babies are born, when the sick are struggling for life, when the old die, you will see women about, but rarely men. — Phyllis T. Smith

rape of a woman. One of the sons of Rome's tyrannical king ravished Lucretia, a pure young wife. She told her husband and her father of this, — Phyllis T. Smith

Tiberius Nero's face lit up with a smile. "What did you do, offer to make him consul?" I asked Tavius later. He shook his head. — Phyllis T. Smith

Old age can be a deceiver. My knees ache when I walk, but if I sit still, I do not feel so different from the girl I was. — Phyllis T. Smith

Somewhere here there's important information I absolutely need," Tavius said. "But it's hard for anyone else to sort out what I should know about. So I read a lot of letters and petitions myself. I could spend all day every day just reading my mail. — Phyllis T. Smith

The defeated gladiator fought reasonably well, and at the end, with a sword to his throat, raised his hand to appeal for mercy. Tavius made the downward gesture with his thumb that indicated the sword was to be lowered. So both fighters survived. The second fight — Phyllis T. Smith