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A human heart is a skein of such imperceptibly and subtly interwoven threads that even the owner of it is often himself at a loss how to unravel it. - [Heart] All papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses. - [Perception] Anxiety never yet successfully bridged over any chasm. - [Anxiety] Beauty is an exquisite flower, and its perfume is virtue. - [Beauty] Fancy borrows much from memory, and so looks back to the past. - [Fancy] Husband and wife,--so much in common, how different in type! Such a contrast, and yet such harmony, strength and weakness blended together! - [Wedlock] If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind. - [Country] Just corporeal enough to attest humanity, yet sufficiently transparent to let the celestial origin shine through. - [Women] More people laugh at us than with us, however it may appear at the moment. - [Laughter] Offended self-love never forgives. - [Selfishness] Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains. - [Rank] Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait. - [Selfishness] The perception of the beautiful is gradual, and not a lightning revelation; it requires not only time, but some study. - [Beauty] The teacher is like the candle which lights others in consuming itself. - [Teaching] Travelers describe a tree in the island of Java whose pestiferous exhalations blight every tiny blade of grass within the compass of its shade. So it is with despotism. - [Despotism] Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered. - [Obligation]
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