The world's a nettle disturb it, it stings Grasp it firmly, it stings not.
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No life can be pure in its purpose, and strong in its strife, and all life not be purer and stronger thereby.Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Whenever I hear French spoken as I approve, I find myself quietly falling in love.
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That is the best that God sends it was his will it is mine.
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We are but the instruments of heaven our work is not design but destiny.
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We may live without poetry, music and art We may live without conscience, and live without heart We may live without friends we may live without books But civilized man cannot live without cooks.... He may live without books,what is knowledge but grieving He may live without hope,what is hope but deceiving He may live without love,what is passion but pining But where is the man that can live without dining.
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