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Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?
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Certain corpuscles, denominated Christmas Books, with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive emotions, incident upon the…
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At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the…
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Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables.
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There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of…
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The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style…
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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
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He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he…
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What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she…
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Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure to be…
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Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by…
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When I was 12 years old, or however old I was when Bringing It All Back Home came out, I'd just skip…
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However old you are, however much you love life, however happy you are, how healthy you are, it doesn’t matter. Nothing’s guaranteed.…
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However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers…
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It is never late to ask yourself “Am I ready to change my life, am I ready to change myself?”. However old…
— Shams Tabrizi
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What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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The light that radiates from the great novels time can never dim, for human existence is perpetually being forgotten by man and…
— Milan Kundera
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If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. However old you are.
— Sophie Kinsella
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To learn is to be young, however old.
— Aeschylus
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However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly,…
— Walter Kirn
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Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our…
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