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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is

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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

The Past lies upon the Present like a giant's dea

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The Past lies upon the Present like a giant's dead body.

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill

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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

...I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and me

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...I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world

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Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued

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Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Moonlight is sculpture.

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Moonlight is sculpture.

What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who

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What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart!

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What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self.

What we call real estate - the solid ground to bu

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What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

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Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Moonlight is sculpture.

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Moonlight is sculpture.

Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle chara

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Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts than while so occupied.

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