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We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.
James M. Barrie
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You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.
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The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
James M. Barrie
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We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
James M. Barrie
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The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.
James M. Barrie
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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
James M. Barrie
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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
James M. Barrie
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That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
James M. Barrie
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For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.
James M. Barrie
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Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
James M. Barrie
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Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.
James M. Barrie
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The most useless are those who never change through the years.
James M. Barrie
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Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
James M. Barrie
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