Tom said to himself that it ...

Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.

Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said.

A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.