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And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose. – James Payn

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For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind. – James Payn

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Happiness
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In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education. – James Payn

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Education
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How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is! – James Payn

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Food
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To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him its no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long. – Marlene Dietrich

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respect

This is my job and I respect it enough to concentrate on it. – Andrew Bogut

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respect

In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without doing them any injury. – Giacomo Casanova

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respect

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression. – John Charles Polanyi

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respect

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To rejoice in anothers prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate anothers grief is to alleviate or dispel your own. – Tryon Edwards

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Contentment

There are people who so arrange their lives that they feed themselves only on side dishes. РJos̩ Ortega y Gasset

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Life

The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture. – Gaylord Nelson

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environmental

You never know how short a month is until you pay alimony. – John Barrymore

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Divorce