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A wild plant that, when it blooms by chance within the hedge of our gardens, we call a flower; and when it blooms outside we call a weed; but, flower or weed, whose scent and colour are always, wild!

John Galsworthy

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Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel.
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Honestly Jewel Speech Through World Written
Early morning does not mince words.
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A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
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Action Can Do Done Else Man Nothing Sum
Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
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Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.
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Corpse Dead Deed From Heap Leave Memory Sense So Under Vague
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Case Degree Emotion Every Kind Known Precious Same Uplift
When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing – deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.
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