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The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.



Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power; that is all



Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.



The wind blows out, the bubble dies; The spring entomb'd in autumn lies; The dew dries up; the star is shot; The flight is past, and man forgot.



There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples



Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.



On every stem, on every leaf ... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business it was to devour that particular part.



Lord, bid war's trumpet cease;Fold the whole earth in peace.



Trouble creates a capacity to handle it.



I firmly believe that if the whole material medical could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the sea.



Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked



Apology is only egotism wrong side out.



Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.



Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.



Stillness and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. Vulgar persons can't sit still, or at least must always work their limbs and features.







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