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Robert Louis Stevenson

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It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser. Discuss Robert Louis Stevenson

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Washington Irving

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Discuss Washington Irving

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. Discuss Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind. Discuss Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Mark Twain

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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Discuss Mark Twain

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Charles Dickens

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Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door. Discuss Charles Dickens

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John Milton

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Where peaceAnd rest can never dwell, hope never comesThat comes to all. Discuss John Milton

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Gilbert Chesterton

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All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. Discuss Gilbert Chesterton

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Lewis Carroll

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There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents…and only one for birthday presents, you know. Discuss Lewis Carroll

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Edith Wharton

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I don’t know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting. Discuss Edith Wharton

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