That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm, quiet interchange of sentiments
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What is read twice is commonly better remembered than what is transcribed.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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