The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.

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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!

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A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

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Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; and every countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevolence.

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

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

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

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There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

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