Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams.
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Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes.
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We love peace, but not peace at any price. There is a peace more destructive of the manhood of living man, than war is destructive to his body. Chains are worse than bayonets.
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Readers are of two sorts one who goes carefully through a book, and the other who as carefully lets the book go through him.
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The law is a pretty bird, and has charming wings. It would be quite a bird of paradise if it did not carry such a terrible bill.
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As for the brandy, 'nothing extenuate' and the water, put nought in in malice.
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