Eliza Cook quotes

Eliza Cook was an English poet and journalist, celebrated for her accessible verse and advocacy for social reform. Her most famous work, "Eliza Cook’s Journal," gained wide popularity in Victorian England. She inspired many through her writings, promoting equality, education, and women’s rights. Here are 8 of her quotes:

I love it, I love it, and who shall dare To chide me for loving that old arm-chair?

Eliza Cook

Better build schoolrooms for "the boy" Than cells and gibbets for "the man."

Eliza Cook

Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?

Eliza Cook

Who would not rather trust and be deceived?

Eliza Cook

On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!

Eliza Cook

There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam.

Eliza Cook

Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis good works make the man.

Eliza Cook