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I never will desert Mr. Micawber.
I never will desert Mr. Micawber.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, read more
A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained
It is better to be faithful than famous.
It is better to be faithful than famous.
You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant!
But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
Is true read more
You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant!
But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
Is true as steel.
Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success.
Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success.
My twin and I
were wombmates
and then roommates.
Some day our bodies
will be tombmates.
(as their souls will read more
My twin and I
were wombmates
and then roommates.
Some day our bodies
will be tombmates.
(as their souls will be together
with those of their husbands in paradise).
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
[Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
[Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]
