“If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.”
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How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.
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The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.
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Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.
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What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?
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