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'Umble we are 'umble we have been 'umble we shall ever be.

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

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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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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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I laboured hard at my book, without allowing it to interfere with the punctual discharge of my newspaper duties; and it came out and was very successf...more

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We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live misfortune down, Trot!

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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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He couldn't be a doctor, or he would have a quieter and more persuasive manner.

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Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I ...more

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Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is a better.

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