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He was too well accustomed to suffering, and had suffered too much where he was, to bewail the prospect of change very severely.

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There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

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When ladies as young, and good, and beautiful as you are," replied the girl steadily, "give away your hearts, love will carry you all lengths--even su...more

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There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

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I must do something or I shall wear my heart away...

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Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely...more

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I want to escape from myself. For when I do start up and stare myself seedily in the face, as happens to be my case at present, my blankness is inconc...more

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A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

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Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion! B...more

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I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me.

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I should like to ask you: -- Does your childhood seem far off? Do the days when you sat at your mother's knee, seem days of very long ago?" Responding...more

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The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, ...more

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the sight of me is good for sore eyes

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All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself.

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The change was made in me; the thing was done. Well or ill done, excusably or inexcusably, it was done.