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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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In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.
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I began by tinkering around with some old tunes I knew. Then, just to try something different, I set to putting some…
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Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you…
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A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago - there's no such thing as a former Marine. You're…
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What I set seems to never extinguish
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I set a personal record on Christmas. I got my shopping done three weeks ahead of time. I had all the presents…
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If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence…
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In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of…
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I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.
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