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Quote by Norman Douglas
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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It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake. – Norman Douglas

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Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge. – English Proverb

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Good fences make good neighbors. – Robert Frost

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A good neighbor sometimes cuts your morning up to mince-meat of the very smallest talk, then helps to sugar her bohea at night with your reputation. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Hedges between keep friendships green. – Proverb

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