A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that "ancient institution " the old one.

Douglas Jerrold
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  1. Earth is here so kind that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

  2. Love the sea? I dote upon it - from the beach.

  3. My notion of a wife at forty is that a man should be able to change her like a banknote for two twenties.

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  5. Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams.

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