It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.
CHARLES DICKENSThe 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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I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
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To a young heart everything is fun.
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We forge the chains we wear in life.
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For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love.
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A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.
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Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
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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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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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We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner.
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The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humor.
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Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.
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Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
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Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.
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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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Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage.
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