The dews of the evening most carefully shun, Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
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Real friendship is a slow grower, and never thrives unless engrafted upon a stock of known and reciprocal merit.
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Patience is a most necessary quality for business many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
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