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There are some men whom a staggering emotional shock, so far from making them mental invalids for life, seems, on the other hand, to awaken, to galvanize, to arouse into an almost incredible activity of soul.

— William McFee

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People don't ever seem to realise that doing what's right's no guarantee against misfortune.

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Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

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It is so much easier to tell intimate things in the dark.

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If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

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It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.

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