That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

Quote by James M Barrie

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I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a...

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a...

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.

Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in...

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in...

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing...

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing...

If you have it [love], you don't need to have anything else. If you don't...

If you have it [love], you don't need to have anything else. If you don't...

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your...

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your...

The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.

The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.

The most useless are those who never change through the years.

The most useless are those who never change through the years.

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss...

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss...

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of...

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of...

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be...

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be...

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did...

I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did...

Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all...

Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all...

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.

Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.