One never hugs one's good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others.
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The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.
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Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.
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The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.
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How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.
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The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman.
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