Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Ellen Key Writer

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: Sweden
  • Born: Dec 11, 1849
  • Died: Apr 25, 1926

Ellen Karolina Sofia Key was a Swedish difference feminist writer on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the Modern Breakthrough movement. She was an early advocate of a child-centered approach to education and parenting, and was also a suffragist.

She is best known for her book on education, Barnets århundrade, which was translated in English in 1909 as The Century of the Child.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination. imagination

Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love. the law, love & marriage

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life the thorns should never be plucked from his roses. experience

The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract. art

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 views from Robert Browning

22 views from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 sayings from Honore de Balzac

53 sayings from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 more quotes from Isadora Duncan

5 more quotes from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 other views from Henry Ward Beecher

58 other views from Henry Ward Beecher