He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
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Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.
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America is a land where men govern, but women rule.
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No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.
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The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.
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A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
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The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.
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He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
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So often we rob tomorrow’s memories by today’s economies.
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Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.
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How prophetic L’Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles!
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