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/ page 266 of 1205 /We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.
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'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.
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But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something, having once existed, its effect is not to be done away with.
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What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?
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It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.
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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
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But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
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Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
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Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.
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Consequences are unpitying.
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The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.
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Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?
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Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.
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Breed is stronger than pasture.
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Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
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