The are of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunity of expectation.
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Give me the clear blue sky above my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours' march to dinner - and then to thinking It is hard if I cannot start some game on these lone heaths.
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We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.
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The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure.
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To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.
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