Wise or Otherwise by Thaddeus W. H. (Thaddeus William Henry) Leavitt;Lydia Leavitt
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page 23 of 68 (33%)
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You have but to sow the seeds of malice to reap a crop of grief.
* * * * * Men who would face a cannon, tremble before a golden calf. * * * * * There is no music for man so sweet as that set upon a woman's tongue. * * * * * I never could understand why doleful songs should herald a joyous hereafter. * * * * * If you keep your eyes fixed upon the stars you will fall into the first mill pond. * * * * * You are told, "That if you violate a sacrament of the church you will howl in hell for it." You know that if you violate nature's laws you will howl here. * * * * * While poverty spins threads of gold with which to weave a garment to cover her nakedness, the plutocrat melts the threads into sovereigns for |
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