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It is not easy to be in any great assembly without thinking that the chance which brings so many people together will also make us meet our friends.
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A man may live never so retired a life but he becomes a debtor or a creditor before he is aware of it.
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If anyone meets us who owes us a debt of gratitude, it immediately crosses our mind. How often can we meet some one to whom we owe gratitude, without thinking of it!