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There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
Gloomy as night he stands.
Gloomy as night he stands.
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage read more
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Not all that glisters read more
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Not all that glisters gold.
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances
Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to read more
Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.
They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. read more
They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.
A fine woman shows her charms to most advantage when she seems most to conceal them. The finest bosom in read more
A fine woman shows her charms to most advantage when she seems most to conceal them. The finest bosom in nature is not so fine as what imagination forms.
The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.
The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.
