We need not power or splendor;
Wide hall or lordly dome;
The good, the true, the tender, —
These form the wealth of home.Sarah J. Hale (1788-1879) American writer, activist, magazine editor
“Home” (1830)
The provenance of this poem is unclear. It is often assigned to her Poems for Our Children (1830) (the original location of her "Mary Had a Little Lamb"), but does not appear there. That work is subtitled "Part First," but there is no indication that a second part was ever published.
Quotations about:
tenderness
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Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) English actor, author, director
Christian Science Monitor (1958-12-09)
I cannot access any archived version of the CSM for that date, to find the context for the quote. The quote was being attributed to Ustinov by at least 1964.
