"The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one."
-William Shenstone
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"The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.“
-William Shenstone
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"Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it."
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"A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood."
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"Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it."
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"Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world."
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"The language of friendship is not words but meanings."
-Henry David Thoreau
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