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The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.


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To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.



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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.



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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.



What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?



When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.



Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.



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To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.



Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.



Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.



Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.





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You can point to the alleged miracles of the Bible, or any other religious text, but they are nothing but old stories fabricated by man and then exaggerated over time.

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