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He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.
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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.
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A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
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Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
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Experience, like a pale musician, holds a dulcimer of patience in his hand.
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
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What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?
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A good neighbor sometimes cuts your morning up to mince-meat of the very smallest talk, then helps to sugar her bohea at night with your reputation.
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A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission.
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A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.
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A sumptuous dwelling the rich man hath. And dainty is his repast; but remember that luxury's prodigal hand keeps the furnace of toil in blast.
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A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
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A woman's always younger than a man at equal years.
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Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
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Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.
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Ah tell me not that memory sheds gladness over the past; what is recalled by faded flowers save that they did not last?
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All my possessions for a moment of time.
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All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.
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Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long as the King of France treats me gently he will find me as gentle and tractable as he can desire; but if he be rough, I shall take the trouble to be just as troublesome and offensive to him as I can.
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And lips say ''God be pitiful,'' who never said, ''God be praised.''
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