G.A. Henty Quotes
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Friends of the king can no longer be grip hands with friends of the Commons.
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Opinions are strong, as ladies' opinions generally are....
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Among the Huguenots he learned to be gentle and courteous; to bear himself among his elders respectfully, but without fear or shyness; to consider that, while all things were of minor consequence in comparison to the right to worship God in freedom and purity, yet that a man should be fearless of death, ready to defend his rights, but with moderation and without pushing them to the injury of others; that he should be grave and decorous of speech, and yet of a gay and cheerful spirit.
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What is the use of money if one cannot use it to make one's friends comfortable?
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This is a time when we must all take sides for or against the king.
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There was no saying what might come in useful some day.
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They say troubles never comes singly.
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A rogue can generally express himself better than an honest man.
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To be a true hero you must be a true Christian. To sum up then, heroism is largely based on two qualities- truthfulness and unselfishness, a readiness to put one's own pleasures aside for that of others, to be courteous to all, kind to those younger than yourself, helpful to your parents, even if helpfulness demands some slight sacrifice of your own pleasure. . .you must remember that these two qualities are the signs of Christian heroism.
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Everyone in the land has an equal chance. In war the bravest becomes a general, in peace the cleverest is chosen as a councillor.
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The money might pay for food and shelter and clothes, but money cannot buy love, and that is what you gave, both of you; and it is for that that we now pay as well as we can.
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There is such excitement about the life that when one has once taken it up it is seldom indeed that one changes it,
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Women are always passionately certain that they are right, and neither counsel nor entreaty can get them to believe that there can be any other side to a case than that which they take.
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It is a war of religion as much as a war for power.