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• And this I know: whether the one True Light Kindle to Love, or Wrath-consume me quite, One Flash of It within the Tavern caught Better than in the Temple lost outright.
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• And let me tell you, the people that I met, whether it was in Honduras or Jamaica, obviously, Panama, just people on the street, not one time did I get a negative response about the United States.
  As a matter of fact, I didn't even get a, you know, a real thumbs down or the raspberries as you drove by, a better reception, quite frankly, in a couple of cities there than you might even get in -- here at home....
• I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow mo
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• Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. -- motto of the Christopher Society
• Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness Chinese Proverb
• They say that after a brush with death the world looks different and that was true for me, but by the time I caught my breath, I realized that it was because I had lost my glasses.
  -- Michael Dorris, _The Broken Cord_...
• Better to marry a man who loves you than one you love.
• Just one year of love is better than a lifetime alone... -- Quee
• Lisa: I need help, Mom. There's another girl at school who's smarter, younger, and a better sax player than me.
  Ew, I feel so average. Marge: Well, you'll always be number one to me -- Ba...