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Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.
Charles Dudley Warner
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Charles Dudley Warner
Age: 71 †
Born: 1829
Born: September 12
Died: 1900
Died: October 20
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Hampshire County
Massachusetts
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Hoeing in the garden on a bright, soft May day, when you are not obligated to, is nearly equal to the delight of going trouting.
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People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.
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The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.
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To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.
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I know that unremitting attention to business is the price of success, but I don't know what success is.
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How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man?
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If there was any petting to be done...he chose to do it. Often he would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate affection, come and pull at my coat and sleeve until he could touch my face with his nose, and then go away contented.
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The stranger who receives the rare gift of human kindness holds its value in his heart forever.
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In onion is strength and a garden without it lacks flavour. The onion, in its satin wrappings, is among the most beautiful of vegetables and it is the only one that represents the essence of things. It can almost be said to have a soul.
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Nothing is worth reading that does not require an alert mind.
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Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire.
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