The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

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Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

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Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.

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Regrets are idle yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.

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Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.

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Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire.

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There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you.

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There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help.

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I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

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Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.

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