Yes, the meeting of dear ...

Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.
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 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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A mother's love! O holy, boundless thing! Fountain whose waters never cease to spring!
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Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.
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In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.
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