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I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in hea

I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged to reply to them. – Washington Irving

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Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. – Washington Irving

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After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty. – 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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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer. – Lord Byron

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[Y]our letter—your dear, warm, true-hearted letter — was put in my hand. I kissed it how many times before breaking its envelope! – Byron Caldwell Smith, letter to Kate Stephens

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What a wonderful thing is the mail, capable of conveying across continents a warm human hand-clasp. – Author Unknown

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A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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But does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time. – Jane Goodall

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Those who fear life are already three parts dead. – Bertrand Russell

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Im a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment. – David Frum

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