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" There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. "

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" The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. "

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" There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. "

" A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. "

" There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. "

" One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more. "

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" I've had it with you and your emotional constipation! "

" The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. "

" Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. "

" The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use. "

" Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. "

" A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all. "

" There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard. "

" There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations. "

" The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow. "

" A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. "

" After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty. "

" It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end. "

" I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories. "

" Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. "

" Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears. "

" Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted. "

" They who drink beer will think beer. "

" Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant. "

" Age is a matter of feeling, not of years. "

" Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster. "

" Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. "

" Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. "

" There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. "

" He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. "

" A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. "