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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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It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.
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Freedom Government Passion
Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.
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Nature Season Spring Summer Time
Come, let’s be a comfortable couple and take care of each other! How glad we shall be, that we have somebody we are fond of always, to talk to and sit with.
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Care Comfortable Love Relationship Talk
Yes. He is quite a good fellow – nobody’s enemy but his own.
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Deep Enemy Goodness Quite
Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.
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Man Philosophy Time Wait
We can refute assertions, but who can refute silence?
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Philosophy Silence
I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions into which I rushed, carrying your image in my arms, I loved you madly.
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Carry Hell Love Mad Misery Myself Vision
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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Blessing Man Presence Reflection
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.
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Goodness Possible
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.
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Oneself Self Love Wasted Time
Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
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Character Gentle Man
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.
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Heart Lips Myself Nature
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
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Heart Philosophy Wisdom
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.
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Light World
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
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Body Comfortable Mindset
But the mere truth won’t do. You must have a lawyer.
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Business Truth

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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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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