There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

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Men are always doomed to be duped, not so much by the arts of the other as by their own imagination. They are always wooing goddesses, and marrying mere mortals.

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There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

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The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.

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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.

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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

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He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.

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There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart

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Enthusiasts soon understand each other.

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