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Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting. ↗

— Harry Callahan

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Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely blessed, if it had good prelates and pastors, and but one prince, and that prince a good one. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

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Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train. ↗

— Robert Lowell

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The Lord survives the rainbow of His will. ↗

— Robert Lowell

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Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves. ↗

— William Lowndes

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