Certain corpuscles, denominated Christmas Books, with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive … - William Makepeace Thackeray

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Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Certain corpuscles, denominated Christmas Books, with the ostensible intention of swelling the tide of exhilaration, or other expansive emotions, incident upon the exodus of the old and the inauguration of the New Year.

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Women are jealous of cigars. . . they regard them as a strong rival.

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At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the least headache in the morning, I give you my word; on the contrary, you only wake with a sweet refreshing thirst for claret and water.

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To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.

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