Enthusiasts soon understand each other.

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A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

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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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There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

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Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

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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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He that drinks beer, thinks beer.

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