She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent.

Robert Louis Stevenson
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  1. So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

  2. You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

  3. Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

  4. Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

  5. I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

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