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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

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When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.

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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

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Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

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Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.

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An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Novelist

Born: July 18th, 1811

Died: December 24th, 1863

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