The innate tendency of men to appeal to force renders them particularly unfit for the task of government . . . Man's place is the armory.
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Why, my dear girl, haven't you seenWhat English country life can mean
With too small an income to keep the place
Going?
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And now too late, we see these things are one; The art is sacrifice and self-control; And who loves beauty must be stern of soul.
Alice Duer Miller
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
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Out of the dark, and dearth
Of happiness on earth,
Out of a world inured to death and pain;
On a fair spring mom
To me a son was born,
And hope was born-the future lived again.
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When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man.
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Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.
Alice Duer Miller
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