In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.
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No enjoyment, however inconsiderable, is confined to the present moment. A man is the happier for life from having made once an agreeable tour, or lived for any length of time with pleasant people, or enjoyed any considerable interval of innocent pleasure.Sydney Smith
Speaking of justice Truth is its handmaid, freedom is its child, peace is its companion, safety walks in its steps, victory follows in its train it is the brightest emanation from the Gospel it is the attribute of God.
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Where etiquette prevents me from doing things disagreeable to myself, I am a perfect martinet.
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