Today I pronounced a word which should never come out of a lady's lips it was that I called John a Impudent Bitch.

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A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.

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The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

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Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory.

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It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs. Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart.

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A direful death indeed they had / That would put any parent mad / But she was more than usual calm / She did not give a singel dam.

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