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The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.

Baroness Orczy

…but in every century, and ever since England has been what it is, an Englishman has always felt somewhat ashamed of his own emotion and of his own sympathy.
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Century Emotion England
Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.
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Crushed Fragrant Virtue
Even the worst moments and the weariest journeys must come to an end.
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Hope Journey Worst Moments
Odd’s fish, m’dear! The man can’t even tie his own cravat!
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Men Odd Ties
A woman’s heart is such a complex problem – the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution to this puzzle.
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Heart Owners Problem
Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.
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Charity Judging Littles
Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T’wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine
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Betrayed Guillotine Wood
There is such wonderful balm in self-imposed sacrifice.
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Sacrifice Self Wonderful
We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops
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Nincrompoops Prove World
Money and titles may be hereditary,” she would say, “but brains are not,”.
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Brain May Titles
She said nothing, and Sir Andrew, too, was silent, yet those two young people understood one another, as young people have a way of doing all the world over, and have done since the world began.
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Another Done People Two Young
music is the most absorbing of all the arts. It absorbs the mind of the artist, whether creator or executant, to the exclusion of every other consideration outside his own immediate necessities or desires.
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Art Mind Music
When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to bring additional sadness, and to speak to us of hopelessness and of the pettiness of all our joys.
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Echoes Gay Sadness
Fate is usually swift when she deals a blow.
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Blow Deal Fate
To love, for us men, is to clasp one woman with our arms, feeling that she lives and breathes just as we do, suffers as we do, thinks with us, loves with us, and, above all, sins with us.
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Love Men Thinking
I shall return, doubt it not. Such love as ours was not created to remain unfulfilled. Whatever may happen, believe and trust in me, as I shall in you, and keep the remembrance of me in your heart without sadness and without regret.
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Believe Heart Regret

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