Loyalty is the greatest quality of the human heart.

- John Boyle O'Reilly

The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.

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The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.

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Each heart holds the secret: 'Kindness' is the word.

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Well blest is he who has a dear one dead; A friend he has whose face will never change- A dear communion that will not grow strange; The anchor of a …

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How shall I a habit break? As you did that habit make, As you gathered, you must lose; As you yielded, now refuse, Thread by thread the strands we tw…

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... every man on the planet Has just as much right as yourself to the road.

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Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.

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It is heroic to prepare for war with a tyrant power. Patriots will always win the admiration of mankind for daring to meet the bloodshed of battle fo…

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