Everybody said so. Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true. Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.
CHARLES DICKENSSuffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.
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New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colors of my life were changing.
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Never,” said my aunt, “be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.
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Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.
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It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.
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One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.
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I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me.
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A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.
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We forge the chains we wear in life.
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Man cannot really improve himself without improving others.
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Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
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Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.
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Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.
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Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.
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Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces – and as it gets older and stronger, it will tear deeper – love her, love her, love her!
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Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.
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