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Kind words are benedictions; they are not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy; blessings both to the hearer and speaker of them. They cost us less effort and produce usually much more profit than harsh words.

— Frederick Saunders Mosaics (1859)

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True beauty is in the mind; and the expression of the features depends more upon the moral nature than most people are aware of.

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Mammon is the largest slaveholder in the world.

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Good humor is the clear blue sky of the soul.

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Dean Swift proposed to tax female beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms. He said the tax would be cheerfully paid, and very productive.

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Charity, in whatever guise she appears, is the best-natured and the best-complexioned thing in the world.

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