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... it does not do to tell great people anything unpleasant.
Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
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Society, in the aggregate, is no fool. It is astonishing what an amount of eccentricity it will stand from anybody who takes the bull by the horns, too fearless or too indifferent to think of consequences.
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We never discover the value of things till we have lost them.
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As we sail through life towards death, Bound unto the same port--heaven,-- Friend, what years could us divide?
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There are no judgments so harsh as those of the erring, the inexperienced, and the young.
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God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Was born upon this day, To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray. O tidings of comfort and joy! For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Was born on Christmas Day.
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If I had to write a book, I could not find anything in the world worth saying - as is indeed the case with many voluminous authors.
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Be loving, and you will never want for love be humble, and you will never want for guiding.
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