Among the many evils which prevail under the sun, the abuse of words is not the least considerable. By the influence of time, and the perversion of fashion, the plainest and most unequivocal may be so altered, as to have a meaning assigned them almost diametrically opposite to their original signification.
Hannah MoreThe sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.
Hannah MoreGoing to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
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