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They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to

They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves. – Norman Douglas

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There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect it bids a man to ponder or create and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide. – Norman Douglas

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respect
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Norman Douglas
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A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner. – Norman Douglas

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work
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For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn? – Jane Austen

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