There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

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There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

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Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.

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There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

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An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

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Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

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There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

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The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

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Spring is the time of the year, when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.

Charles Dickens in Great Expectations
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