My doctrine is this that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop and do nothing we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.

Anna Sewell
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More Quotes By Anna Sewell
  1. There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.

  2. It is good people who make good places.

  3. I said, 'I have heard people talk about war as if it was a very fine thing.' Ah! ' said [Captain], 'I should think they never saw it. No doubt it is very fine when there is no enemy, when it is just exercise and...

  4. My troubles are all over, and I am at home; and often before I am quite awake, I fancy I am still in the orchard at Birtwick, standing with my friends under the apple trees.

  5. I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play.

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