"Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed."

-- Townsend Harris

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“Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off of moments that would otherwise drive me stark raving mad.”
“Beyond the smiling and the weeping, I shall be soon; Beyond the waking and the sleeping, Beyond the sowing and the reaping, I shall be soon! Love, rest, and home-- Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come!”
“It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?”
“Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young.”
“Heaven to me's a fair blue stretch of sky, Earth's jest a dusty road.”

Source : John Masefield (1925). “Poems by John Masefield”
“The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.”
“People may go on talking for ever of the jealousies of pretty women; but for real genuine, hard-working envy, there is nothing like an ugly woman with a taste for admiration.”

Source : Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.8
“Instead of expending time to train yourself not to be afraid of snakes, avoid them altogether.”

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