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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

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He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.

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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love.

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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget; ...more

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A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. Bu...more

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He is indeed the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.

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I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration.