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I am persuaded one ought not to set one's heart earnestly on any one pursuit in this world, if one wishes to preserve any of the energy of youth beyond its first years.

— Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye

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Surely it is hardly worthwhile to take up a pursuit merely to please other people.

In short, the world owns that we are the best-looking family in England and we are pretty well disposed to agree.

Rest now—and weep—thou praised of Earth!
And own, when all is done,
A world's false worship is not worth
The deep tried love of one.

Songs, Poems, & Verses (1894)

You see Georgy’s the beauty and Carry’s the wit, and I ought to be the good one, but then I am such a liar.

Thou mourner for departed dreams!
On earth there is no rest
When grief hath troubled the pure streams
Of memory in thy breast!

Songs, Poems, & Verses (1894)

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