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" To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself. "

Henry Ward Beecher

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" To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. "

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" Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. "

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" The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. "

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" Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry. "

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