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it is the ordinary lot of people to have no friends if they themselves care for nobody


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To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.

To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.



A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.



The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.



What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?



When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.



Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.



To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.



Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.



Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.



Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.





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I usually know almost exactly how I feel. The problem is, I just can't tell anyone.

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Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.

Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.



Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.



Pro-active good governance aims beyond short-term requirement keeping in mind the long-term needs such as the use of clean technology and in preparedness and mitigating climate change fallout etc.

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You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here?

You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here?



Haggard, I would not be you for all the world," he declared. "You have let your doom in by the front door, although it will not depart that way. (...) Farewell, poor Haggard, farewell!

Haggard, I would not be you for all the world," he declared. "You have let your doom in by the front door, although it will not depart that way. (...) Farewell, poor Haggard, farewell!



Above all things, reverence yourself.

Above all things, reverence yourself.



You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don't care! Just as long as you call me.

You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don't care! Just as long as you call me.



My books are friends that never fail me.

My books are friends that never fail me.




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