The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
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A garden is an awful responsibility. You never know what you may be aiding to grow in it.Charles Dudley Warner
Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.
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The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.
Charles Dudley Warner
. . . representatives of society and of art graciously mingled, since it is discovered that it is easier to make art fashionable than to make fashion artistic.
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No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.
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