“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.”
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Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
John Greenleaf Whittier 
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The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.
John Greenleaf Whittier
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As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
John Greenleaf Whittier
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