Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

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Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

I hate books, they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

I hate books, they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage, the greatest braggarts are generally the m

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage, the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

Do I dare set forth here the most important the most useful rule of all education? It is not to sav

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

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    We, the unwilling,led by the unknowing,are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much,for so long,with so little,we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

    We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

    The public have neither shame or gratitude.

    The public have neither shame or gratitude.

    Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

    Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

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