There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them, which I cannot at all account for, having no very high opinion of the sex. But yet, I always feel in better humor with myself and every thing else, if there is a woman within ken.

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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.

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I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

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They never fail who die in a great cause.

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Adversity is the first path to truth.

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Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

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The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonised the whole — And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul!

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There are some feelings time cannot benumb, Nor torture shake.

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The heart will break, but broken live on.

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Eat, drink and love...the rest is not worth a nickel

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