Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn.
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To Arthur love is a state, not a process an atmosphere, not a study an assurance, not a hope a fact, not an ideal.Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Passion takes no count of time peril marks no hours or minutes wrong makes its own calendar and misery has solar systems peculiar to itself.
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Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.
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It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world.
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The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection.
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