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Strength, instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.

— J. M. Barrie The Little Minister (1891)

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To look upon you was to rejoice that so fair a thing could be; to think of you is still to be young.

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Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

The Little White Bird (1902)

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

Margaret Ogilvy (1897)

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled (1917)

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

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