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The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be... →
There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.
Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.
A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.
What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.
Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.
Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
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