Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.
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If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby it.
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The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.
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Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
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Time has laid its healing hand upon the wound when we can look back at the the pain we once fainted under, and no bitterness or despair arises in our heart.
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We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe.
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I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.
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Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company.
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When a man or woman loves to brood over a sorrow and takes care to keep it green in their memory, you may be sure it is no longer a pain to them.
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It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty to do.
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It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
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The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.
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I like work it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
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It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
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It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
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It is impossible to enjoy idling unless there is plenty of work to do.
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It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
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I love work; it fascinates me; I can sit and watch it for hours.
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I like work it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
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It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one.
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I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
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