The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush, as produces little effect after much labour.

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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

A lady's imagination is very rapid, it jumps from admiration to love from love to matrimony in a mo

A lady's imagination is very rapid, it jumps from admiration to love from love to matrimony in a moment

If a book is well written, I always find it too short

If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

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    This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

    This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

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    Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.

    God respects me when I work; but God loves me when I sing.

    God respects me when I work; but God loves me when I sing.

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