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Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
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For them all is suspicion and anxiety; for them there is no possibility of friendship.
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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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There are men in whose presence the greatest of heroes would not dare to be silent; and even the soul that has nothing to conceal trembles lest another should discover its secret.
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Oh, if our friends would but put off anatomising one till after one was safely dead, and call to mind that, previously, we have nerves to be agonised and morbid brains to be driven mad!
Elizabeth Barrett Browningverified·The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 2 (ed. Frederic G. Kenyon)·February 26, 1852