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We are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend – as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.
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Duty Faces Found Friend
We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
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Forward Future Mistake Regret
It’s so hard to get up again—although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up, haven’t you?
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Get Harder Satisfaction
It’s the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can’t cope with it.
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Cruelty Kind Worst
Youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
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Forever Heart Vanish Youth
We are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts.
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Half Interest Language
I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it?
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October September Skip World
There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I’ll be through with them. That’s a comforting thought
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Comfort End Limit Mistake People
Mrs. Spencer said it was wicked of me to talk like that, but I didn’t mean to be wicked. It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it?
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Know Mean Wicked
How fair the realm Imagination opens to the view.
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Imagination Realms View
All life lessons are not learned at college,’she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.
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College Everywhere Lesson Life
Heretics are wicked, but they’re mighty int’resting. It’s jest that they’ve got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He’s hard to find – which He ain’t never.
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Jest Look Lost Sorter Wicked
But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn’t it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about?
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Believe Color Drab Rather Wise
Life, deal gently with her … Love, never desert her
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Deal Desert Gently
I’m really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
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Broken Heart Little Spite
It will come sometime. Some beautiful morning she will just wake up and find it is Tomorrow. Not Today but Tomorrow. And then things will happen … wonderful things.
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Beautiful Inspiration Morning
Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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Encouraging Positive Uplifting
It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
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Gables Graduation Green World
That is one good thing about this world – there are always sure to be more springs.
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Animal Good Things Nature Spring
I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.
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Believe Giving Return
I have really done so few bad things that they have to keep harping on the old ones [.]
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Bad Create Few People Thing
What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality.
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Easy Imagination Reality
Anne was always glad in the happiness of her friends; but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own.
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Little Lonely Sometimes
trees, unlike so many humans, always improve on acquaintance. No matter how much you like them at the start you are sure to like them much better further on, and best of all when you have known them for years and enjoyed intercourse with them in all seasons.
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Acquaintance Matter Tree Year
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
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Air Inspirational Mistake
A child that has a quick temper, just blaze up and cool down, ain’t never likely to be sly or deceitful.
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Anger Children Deceitful
Some nights are like honey – and some like wine – and some like wormwood.
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Honeym Night Wine Wormwood

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