Now I must give one smirk and then we may be rational again

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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

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It's such a happiness when good people get together.

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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

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A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

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my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

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Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

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Almost anything is possible with time

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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

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