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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious. ”
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. ”
Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore. ”
There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures. ”
Thou knowest how long and loyally I served the king in his worldly affairs. For that cause, it pleased him to promote me to the office which now I hold. When I consented, it was for the sake of the king alone. When I was elected, I was formally acquitted of my responsibilities for all that I had done as a chancellor. ”
If you chance to live in a town where the authorities cannot rest until they have destroyed every precious tree within their blighting reach, you will be especially charmed by the beauty of the streets of Portsmouth. ”
Daily contact with boys who had not been brought up as gently as I worked an immediate and, in some respects, a beneficial change in my character. ”
The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. ”
You think I have the responsibilty... I have the responsibility to give the fans a good time! ”
Change, while sometimes good, is difficult to absorb. I think that a part of it is just having to see the results. ”