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Sincere and unspiteful laughter is mirth, but where is there any mirth in our time, and do people know how to be mirthful?... A man's mirth is a feature that gives away the whole man, from head to foot. Someone's character won't be cracked for a long time then the man bursts out laughing somehow quite sincerely, and his whole character suddenly opens up as if on the flat of your hand. Only a man of the loftiest and happiest development knows how to be mirthful infectiously, that is, irresistibly
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― The Adolescent
― The Adolescent
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The only surprising thing about miracles, however small, is that they sometimes happen.
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― Quite Early One Morning
― Quite Early One Morning
