In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until at last the village lights appeared before them, and the church spire cast a long reflection on the graveyard grass; as if it were a…

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There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

Give us kinder laws to bring us back when we're a-going wrong and don't set...

Give us kinder laws to bring us back when we're a-going wrong and don't set...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and...

It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and...

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind...

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind...

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the...

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the...

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Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days,...

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days,...

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

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Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like...

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Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your...

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Law is an ass, an idiot.

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Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its...

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Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their...

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It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to...

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

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Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

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A healthy human environment is one in which we try to make sense of our...

But in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its...

But in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its...