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The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all.
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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Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.
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I do not know the names of all the weeds and plants, I have to do as Adam did in his garden... name things as I find them.
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The most popular persons are those who take the world as it is who find the least fault.
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There are those who say that trees shade the garden too much, and interfere with the growth of the vegetables. There may be something in this:but when I go down the potato rows, the rays of the sun glancing upon my shining blade, the sweat pouring down my face, I should be grateful for shade.
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A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-just as good as the real.
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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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Plots are no more exhausted than men are. Every man is a new creation, and combinations are simply endless.
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A woman set on anything will walk right through the moral crockery without wincing.
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