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He did not speak again till just before he died, when he kissed his wife’s hand with singular tenderness and called her "Elizabeth." She had been christened Augusta Frederica; but then, as the doctors explained, dying men often make these mistakes.

— John Oliver Hobbes The Sinner's Comedy (1892)

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What a man has done bores everybody, but what he is going to do is always delightful.

The Wisdom of the Wise (1900)

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster which they call Destiny.

The Sinner's Comedy (1892)

People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.

Love and the Soul Hunters (1902)

Disappointments—like fate and love—will not bear to be too much talked about.

The Ambassador (1898)

To love is to know the sacrifices which eternity exacts from life.

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