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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

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Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

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Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.

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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

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The Amen of nature is always a flower.

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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

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But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

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The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

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There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: August 29th, 1809

Died: October 7th, 1894

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