There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of former times. They recall the pictures my fancy used to draw in the May morning of life, when as yet I only knew the world through books, and believed it to be all that poets had painted it; and they bring with them the flavour of those honest days of yore, in which, perhaps with equal fallacy, I am apt to think the world was more home-bred, social, and joyous than at present.
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It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business
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In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
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Our lives improve only when we take chances and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
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To marry a man out of pity is folly; and if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has 'never had a chance, poor devil', you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.
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I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity a virtue which is willing and desirous to yield itself upon honest and lawful terms, when just reason requireth; and until then, is kept with a modest chastity of body and mind.
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'Tis my opinion every man cheats in his own way, and he is only honest who is not discovered
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There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant
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Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.
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I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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Follow your honest convictions and be strong
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The French peasant cuisine is at the basis of the culinary art. By this I mean it is composed of honest elements that la grande cuisine only embellishes.
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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services
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The Edge.. There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.
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When you approach a problem, strip yourself of preconceived opinions and prejudice, assemble and learn the facts of the situation, make the decision which seems to you to be the most honest, and then stick to it
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In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.
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Just being honest is not enough. The essential ingredient is executive integrity.
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All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount
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Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them
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There is more faith in an honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds
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I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
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