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It may be broadly stated that.....of all animals kept for the recreation of mankind the horse is alone capable of exciting a passion that shall be absolutely hopeless.


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The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air.

The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air.



A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.

A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.



Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.

Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.



Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.

Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.



The creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers.

The creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers.



Never a tear bedims the eye That time and patience will not dry.

Never a tear bedims the eye That time and patience will not dry.



If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, It might have been,' More sad are these we daily see: 'It is, but hadn't ought to be!'

If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, It might have been,' More sad are these we daily see: 'It is, but hadn't ought to be!'



The dominant expression of a child is gravity.

The dominant expression of a child is gravity.



For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.

For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.



Each lost day has its patron saint!

Each lost day has its patron saint!





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Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.

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We shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women.



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Fatherhood is telling your daughter that Michael Jackson loves all his fans, but has special feelings for the ones who eat broccoli.



The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith and that we realize that peace, no less than war, required blood and sweat and tears.

The future can be anything we want it to be, providing we have the faith and that we realize that peace, no less than war, required blood and sweat and tears.



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People who feel insecure in social situations never miss a chance to exhibit their dominance over close, submissive friends, whomthey put down publicly, in front of everyone--by teasing, for example.

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Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.



I don't see everybody as much as I used to because as individuals everybody is busy but none of the relationships have changed.

I don't see everybody as much as I used to because as individuals everybody is busy but none of the relationships have changed.



Perhaps eggs are like neurons, which also are not replenished in adulthood: they know too much. Eggs must plan the party. Sperm need only to show up- wearing top hat and tails, of course.

Perhaps eggs are like neurons, which also are not replenished in adulthood: they know too much. Eggs must plan the party. Sperm need only to show up- wearing top hat and tails, of course.




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