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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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Fortune Happiness
A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
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Deal Goodness Love
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
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Deep Evil Late
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.
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Attitude Impossible
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
Come he slow or come he fast it is but death that comes at last.
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Death Fast Himself
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges
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Care Ourselves Privelege
Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
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Animal Mindset Mystery Pass
One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.
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Character Goodness Man
Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags.
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Honesty Myself
When true friends meet in adverse hour; ‘Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
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Darkness Friendship Hard Time True
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
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Greatness Mad Talent
He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Himself Right Tree
Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
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Heart Heaven Human Spring Tears

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