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He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, women, and…
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Take short views, hope for the best and trust in God.
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When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that…
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Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone…
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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves…
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Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
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Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards;…
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Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
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Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not…
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Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you…
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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
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Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
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He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, women, and…
— Sydney Smith
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He would have lied to himself as facilely as an alcoholic lies to himself to justify the 10 a.m. tumbler of vodka…
— Peter Benchley
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We all have to go through the tumbler a few times before we can emerge as a crystal.
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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In the big factory of perfecting human souls, the Earth was kind of tumbler. The sale as the kind people use to…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.
— Charles Dickens
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Livin' is like pourin' water out of a tumbler into a dang Coca-Cola bottle. If'n you skeered you can't do it, you…
— Olive Ann Burns
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He poured the tumbler full. Drink up, he said. The world goes on. We have dancing nightly and this night is no…
— Cormac McCarthy
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And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a…
— Sarah Waters
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This is wine," Ghoolion said solemnly. "Wine is drinkable sunlight. It's the most glorious summer's day imaginable, captured in a bottle. Wine…
— Walter Moers
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Drink with me, my dear, said Mr. Weller. Put your lips to this here tumbler, and then I can kiss you by…
— Charles Dickens
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