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Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.


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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.



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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.



O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!



Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.



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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.



If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.



How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.



Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.





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