Quote by Jane Porter
Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from

Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. – Jane Porter

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Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared. – Jane Porter

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Happiness
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Imparting knowledge is only lighting other mens candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. – Jane Porter

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Memory is the mother of all wisdom. – Aeschylus

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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. – Chinese Proverb

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If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty. – Nan Hayworth

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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. – Henry Ward Beecher

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I didnt really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found only in a friend. – Elizabeth Dunphy

As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth. – Chauncey M. Depew

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Once your awareness becomes a flame, it burns up the whole slavery that the mind has created. – Osho

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