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The city mouse lives in a house, The garden mouse lives in a bower


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In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.

In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.



Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.



Hurt no living thing: Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing.

Hurt no living thing: Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing.



Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign.

Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign.



Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.

Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.



We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?

We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?



My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit.

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit.



Choose love not in the shallows but in the deep.

Choose love not in the shallows but in the deep.



What is the beginning? Love. What is the course. Love still. What the goal. The goal is love.

What is the beginning? Love. What is the course. Love still. What the goal. The goal is love.



Silence is more musical than any song.

Silence is more musical than any song.





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The best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it.

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Once you make a lot of money, it's incredibly enjoyable to give it away. It's a way to satisfy the soul.

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