Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is hard to believe long together that anything is “worth while,” unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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It is hard to believe long together that anything is “worth while,” unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.
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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
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It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
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Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing.
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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
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Trouble’s made us kin.
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Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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