He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.

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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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The love of a mother is never exhausted. It never changes - it never tires - it endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute. In the face of the world's condemnation, a mother's love still lives on.

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Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.

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Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.

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No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing.

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

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Believe me, the man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, eats oftener a sweeter morsel, however coarse, than he who procures it by the labor of his brains.

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

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I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

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