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The fortunate man is he who, born poor, or nobody, works gradually up to wealth and consideration, and, having got them, dies before he finds they were not worth so much trouble.

— Charles Reade Christie Johnstone (1853)

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Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows.

The Cloister and the Hearth (1861)

Lower a bucket into a well of self-deception, and what comes up must be immortal truth, mustn't it?

The Cloister and the Hearth (1861)

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Put Yourself in His Place (1870)

In players, vanity cripples art at every step.

Peg Woffington (1853)

What young woman is not, more or less, a mirror?

Christie Johnstone (1853)

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