If you want good roses, sharpen your knife and harden your heart. - Patience Strong

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They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date

Patience Strong

If you want good roses, sharpen your knife and harden your heart.

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Forget the times of trouble, but not the truths they taught. Forget the days of sorrow, but not the strength they brought. Forget the storms you battled through beneath a heavy load - but not the light that led you safely down the unknown road.

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In a garden you can find, quiet thoughts that calm the mind.

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Life is like a field, where we must gather what we grow, weed or wheat. . . this is the law, we reap the crop we sow.

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It has been said that the only reason for leaving England is to give yourself the pleasure of coming back to it.

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While it is February one can taste the full joys of anticipation. Spring stands at the gate with her finger on the latch.

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