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

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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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Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; and every countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevolence.

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

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The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.

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

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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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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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Enthusiasts soon understand each other.

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