“ The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair. ”
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“ The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back. ”
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“ T'ain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes. ”
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“ Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of. ”
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“ It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance who knows what you know. I see so many new folks nowadays who seem to have neither past nor future. Conversation has got to have some root in the past, or else you have got to explain every remark you make, and it wears a person out. ”
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“ The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper — whether little or great, it belongs to Literature. ”
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“ My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught me many lessons and showed me many things as we went together along the country by-ways. ”
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“ It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance who knows what you know. I see so many new folks nowadays who seem to have neither past nor future. Conversation has got to have some root in the past, or else you have got to explain every remark you make, and it wears a person out. ”
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“ Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of. ”
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“ Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of. ”
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“ The growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair. ”
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“ It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance who knows what you know. I see so many new folks nowadays who seem to have neither past nor future. Conversation has got to have some root in the past, or else you have got to explain every remark you make, and it wears a person out. ”
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“ Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head. ”
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“ It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance who knows what you know. I see so many new folks nowadays who seem to have neither past nor future. Conversation has got to have some root in the past, or else you have got to explain every remark you make, and it wears a person out. ”
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“ A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing… It takes something from the world, and has something to give in return. ”
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“ The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper — whether little or great, it belongs to Literature. ”
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