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A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real.


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The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value



Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire.

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire.



Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.



It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.



There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.

There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.



To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.



Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.



Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.



Nature is, in fact, a suggester of uneasiness, a promoter of pilgrimages and of excursions of the fancy which never come to any satisfactory haven.

Nature is, in fact, a suggester of uneasiness, a promoter of pilgrimages and of excursions of the fancy which never come to any satisfactory haven.



People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.





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Some say one thing and do another. Others say one thing and do it just for spite. I say far too much and do whatever the hell I want.

Some say one thing and do another. Others say one thing and do it just for spite. I say far too much and do whatever the hell I want.



If you wanted pomp and circumstance, you dealt with the vampires. If you wanted ceremony, the witches it was. But for plain old straight forward business, you dealt with the werewolves.

If you wanted pomp and circumstance, you dealt with the vampires. If you wanted ceremony, the witches it was. But for plain old straight forward business, you dealt with the werewolves.



Miracles do happen. You must believe this. No matter what else you believe about life, you must believe in miracles.

Miracles do happen. You must believe this. No matter what else you believe about life, you must believe in miracles.



I was, I am and I always will be a drug addict. A person who gets involved in drugs has to fight it everyday.

I was, I am and I always will be a drug addict. A person who gets involved in drugs has to fight it everyday.



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We are all good friends. Friendship is what endures. Shared ideals, respect for the whole character of a human being.



I think I was unprepared for war.

I think I was unprepared for war.



Christ liveth in me. And how great the difference...instead of bondage, liberty; instead of failure, quiet victories within; instead of fear and weakness, a restful sense of sufficiency in Another.

Christ liveth in me. And how great the difference...instead of bondage, liberty; instead of failure, quiet victories within; instead of fear and weakness, a restful sense of sufficiency in Another.



Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption; to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the recipient of radiations.

Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption; to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the recipient of radiations.



Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of the unfit and the elimination of the fit.

Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of the unfit and the elimination of the fit.




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