"It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away."
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"Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity."
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"The dreams of childhood - it's airy fables, its graceful, beautiful, humane, impossible adornments of the world beyond; so good to be believed in once, so good to be remembered when outgrown."
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"A word in earnest is as good as a speech."
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"What lawsuits grow out of the graves of rich men, every day; sowing perjury, hatred, and lies among near kindred, where there should be nothing but love!"
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"Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means."
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"Marley was dead, to begin with ... This must be distintly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate."
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"I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes."
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"Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in, fell a trifle short of the wearer's expectation."
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"A modest ring at the bell at length allayed her fears, and Miss Benton, hurrying into her own room and shutting herself up, in order that she might preserve that appearance of being taken by surprise which is so essential to the polite reception of visitors, awaited their coming with a smiling countenance."
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"A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!"
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"Break their hearts my pride and hope, break their hearts and have no mercy. -Miss Havisham"
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"God bless us, every one!"
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"Be guided, only by the healer of the sick, the raiser of the dead, the friend of all who were afflicted and forlorn, the patient Master who shed tears of compassion for our infirmities. We cannot but be right if we put all the rest away, and do everything in remembrance of Him. There is no vengeance and no infliction of suffering in His life, I am sure. There can be no confusion in following Him, and seeking for no other footsteps, I am certain!"
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"Let me see you ride a donkey over my green again, and as sure as you have a head upon your shoulders, I'll knock your bonnet off, and tread upon it!"
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"Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone round the Christmas fire, and make the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete."
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"Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast."
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"Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green, That creepeth o'er ruins old! Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, In his cell so lone and cold. Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant is the ivy green."
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"Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last."
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"Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs."
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