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In winter I get up at night And dress by yell

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In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way
I have to go to bed by day.

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outl

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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than ca

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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for

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It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone,

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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I t

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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to co

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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

The friendly cow, all red and white, I love w

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The friendly cow, all red and white,
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple-tart.

No child but must remember laying his head in the

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No child but must remember laying his head in the grass, staring into the infinitesimal forest and seeing it grow populous with fairy armies.

The body is a house of many windows: there we all

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The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.

In every part and corner of our life, to lose one

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In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy.

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until

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Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his busine

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Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

Wine is bottled poetry.

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Wine is bottled poetry.

Some places spea

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Some places speak distinctly. Certain dank gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwrecks.

Keep your fears to yourself but share your courag

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Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others.

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