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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Mary Gardiner Brainard. (1837–1905) (continued)

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That which we look on with unselfish love
And true humility is surely ours,
Even as a lake looks at the stars above
And makes within itself a heaven of stars.

Ownership.

Sir Francis Cowley Burnand. (1837– ?)

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It ’s no matter what you do
If your heart be only true,
And his heart was true to Poll.

True to Poll.

William Dean Howells. (1837–1920)

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We live, but a world has passed away
With the years that perished to make us men.

The Mulberries.

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Lord, for the erring thought
Not into evil wrought:
Lord, for the wicked will
Betrayed and baffled still:
For the heart from itself kept,
Our thanksgiving accept.

Thanksgiving.

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    Her mouth is a honey-blossom,
  No doubt, as the poet sings;
But within her lips, the petals,
  Lurks a cruel bee that stings.

The sarcastic Fair.

Mary Abigail (Gail Hamilton) Dodge. (1838–1896)

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Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.

Country Living and Country Thinking. Preface.

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The total depravity of inanimate things.

Epigram.

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