Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

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The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading.

Tact is, after all, a kind of mind reading.

What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households.

What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households.

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, 'There is a place...

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit...

Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did...

God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were...

God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were...

It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the...

It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the...

I don't know the true meaning of happiness.

I don't know the true meaning of happiness.

Happiness is the shadow of things past, Wich fools still take for that which is...

Happiness is the shadow of things past, Wich fools still take for that which is...

The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken...

The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken...

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim,...

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim,...

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare...

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare...

A man only appreciates happiness when he gets married, but by then it is too...

A man only appreciates happiness when he gets married, but by then it is too...

A man is happy so long as he choose to be happy.

A man is happy so long as he choose to be happy.

Dont ever underestimate the importance of money. I know its often been said that money...

Dont ever underestimate the importance of money. I know its often been said that money...

Happiness is like coke something you get as a by-product in the process of making...

Happiness is like coke something you get as a by-product in the process of making...

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to...

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

A mans spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in...

A mans spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in...