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Marley was dead, to begin with ... This must be distintly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.

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Surely there had been no figure leaning on the back of his chair; no face looking over it. It is certain that no gliding footstep touched the floor, as he lifted up his head, with a start, and spoke. And yet there was no mirror in the room on whose surface his own form could have cast its shadow for a moment; and, Something had passed darkly and gone!

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Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.

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I find my breath gets short, but it seldom gets longer as a man gets older. I take it as it comes, and make the most of it. That's the best way, ain't it?

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Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.

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And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death. And O what a bright old song it is, that O 'tis love, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round!

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Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again.

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I took a good deal o' pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was very young, and shift for hisself. It's the only way to make a boy sharp, sir.

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To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.

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I had neither the good sense nor the good feeling to know that this was all my fault, and that if I had been easier with Joe, Joe would have been easier with me. I felt impatient of him and out of temper with him; in which condition he heaped coals of fire on my head.

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Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.

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things cannot be expected to turn up of themselves. We must in a measure assist to turn them up

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Novelties please less than they impress.

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I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

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And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness and enjoyment.

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If you can't get to be oncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. So don't tell no more on 'em, Pip, and live well and die happy.

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Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me.

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There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.

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... I have read in your face, as plain as if it was a book, that but for some trouble and sorrow we should never know half the good there is about us.

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A new heart for a New Year, always!

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