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It took me forty years on earth
To reach this sure conclusion:
There is no Heaven but clarity,
No Hell except confusion.
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She noted with delight that he really did say "Ha!" This made a valuable addition to her collection. She had lately acquired a "Humph!" and two "Whews!" but she was still waiting in vain for a "Pshaw!"
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Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,
Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,
Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,
Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.
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The great thing, perhaps was not to be too successful too young.
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Until we have done everything we can to make the whole world into a home fit for all men, women and children to live in, we have not earned the right to enjoy our own fireside.
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For to love, loveless, is a bitter pill:
But to be loved, unloving, bitterer still.
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Giving a party is very like having a baby: its conception is more fun than its completion, and once you have begun it is almost impossible to stop.
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How much of the fun of parenthood lay in watching the children remake, with delighted wonder, one's own discoveries.
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O love's a simple word to say
With nature aiding and abetting;
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Then say–how come the years to seem so swift,
The days, the days so slow?
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To achieve unity without uniformity is the whole essence of the democratic way of life.
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Constructive destruction is one of the most delightful employments in the world, and in civilized life the opportunities for it are only too rare.
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Jan Struther
Born:
June 6, 1901
Died:
July 20, 1953
(aged 52)
Bio:
Jan Struther was the pen name of Joyce Anstruther, later Joyce Maxtone Graham and finally Joyce Placzek, an English writer remembered for her character Mrs. Miniver and a number of hymns, such as "Lord of All Hopefulness".
Known for:
Mrs. Miniver (1939)
Women of Britain (1941)
Try Anything Twice: Essays and Sketches (1938)
Try Anything Twice (1938)
The Queen's Book of the Red Cross
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