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There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to...
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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When I retire I’m going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through...
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the...
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Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.
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No life is so hard that you can’t make it easier by the way...
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What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and...
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Commitment in the face of conflict produces character.
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The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as...
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The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else...