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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.

Charles Dickens

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
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Happiness Hope Love Myself Peace Promise Reason Relationship
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Creation Difference Existence Philosophy
A word in earnest is as good as a speech.
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Goodness Talk Word
Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.
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Failure Learning Man Teaching
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we’d give blood.
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Deep Family Relationship
What greater gift than the love of a cat.
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Gift Greatness Love
An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.
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Explanation Ideas
There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood.
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Break Man Pride Sick
Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself.
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Death Life Oppression
Reflect upon your present blessings.
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Blessing Gratitude Present Reflection
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
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Darkness Light
Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
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Beginning Home Justice
A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.
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Change Heart Win Worth
Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
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Character Gentle Man
The shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed.
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Bright Desire Karma Spiritual
Man cannot really improve himself without improving others.
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Himself Improvement Man

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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