If a secret history of books could be written and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting and dull tales excite the reader!

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'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

People hate as they love unreasonably.

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

An evil person is like a dirty window they never let the light shine through.

An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

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    The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.

    The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past, so that we can live our dreams.

    Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries.

    Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries.

    You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.

    You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.

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