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Don't judge a book by its cover
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In Rome it seems as if there were so many things which are more wanted in the world than pictures.
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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For what is love itself, for the one we love best? - an enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.
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I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
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Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler; but let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope.
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Fred dislikes the idea going into the ministry partly because he doesn't like "feeling obligated to look serious", and he centers his doubts on "what people expect of a clergyman".
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To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.
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There is no hour that has not its births of gladness and despair, no morning brightness that does not bring new sickness to desolation as well as new forces to genius and love. There are so many of us, and our lots are so different, what wonder that Nature's mood is often in harsh contrast with the great crisis of our lives?
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