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Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; and pride, two bent knees.

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The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven.

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The last, best fruit that comes to perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard; forbearance toward the unforbearing; warmth of heart toward the cold; and philanthropy toward the misanthropic.

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The grandest of heroic deeds are those which are performed within four walls and in domestic privacy.

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The virtues, like the body, become strong more by labor than by nourishment.

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The past and future are veiled; but the past wears the widow's veil; the future, the virgin's.

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