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Quote by James Boswell
I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innoc

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends. – James Boswell

Other quotes by James Boswell

For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. – James Boswell

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Humor
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James Boswell
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I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything. – James Boswell

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Choice
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James Boswell
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Sisters
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We know one another’s faults, virtues, catastrophes, mortifications, triumphs, rivalries, desires, and how long we can each hang by our hands to a bar. We have been banded together under pack codes and tribal laws. – Rose Macaulay

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Sisters

Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister. – Alice Walker

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Sisters

Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions. – Ugo Betti

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Sisters

Our siblings. They resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of this, we are cast in relation to them our whole lives long. – Susan Scarf Merrell

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Sisters

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Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one – in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success. – Walter Bagehot

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I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am? – Stephen Colbert

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I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture. – Robert Capa

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