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How much of love lies buried in dusty graves! - [Death] If you tell a woman she is beautiful, whisper it softly, for if the devil hears, he will echo it many times. - [Flattery] Real merit requires as much labor, to be placed in a true light, as humbug to be elevated to an unworthy eminence; only the success of the false is temporary, that of the true, immortal. - [Merit] Some women don buckler and spear to fight dragons which have no existence. - [Prudery] The diamond of character is revealed by the concussion of misfortune, as the splendor of the precious jewel of the mine is developed by the blows of the lapidary. - [Misfortune] The highest art is artlessness. - [Art] There are some professed Christians who would gladly burn their enemies, but yet who forgive them merely because it is heaping coals of fire on their heads. - [Revenge] To write for a living, according to Mr. Whipple, is coquetting with starvation. - [Writing]
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