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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds r

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them. – Washington Irving

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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. – Washington Irving

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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. – Washington Irving

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The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. – Washington Irving

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