You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.
- James M. Barrie
Some, Hours, Been, Slip
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.
- James M. Barrie
Time, Some, Been, Slip
It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.
- James M. Barrie
Woman, Need, Sort, Bloom
Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
- James M. Barrie
Believe, Dead, Somewhere, Fairies
Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!
- James M. Barrie
Hands, Quick, Clap, Fairies
Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
- James M. Barrie
Believe, Dead, Somewhere, Fairies
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
- James M. Barrie
Another, Which, Means, Writes
A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
- James M. Barrie
Sometimes, Back, Searching, Recalling
That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
- James M. Barrie
Wedding, Bride, Ever, Tis
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
- James M. Barrie
Memory, Might, Gave, December
Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
- James M. Barrie
Dreams, Sacrifice, Will, Everything Else
His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
- James M. Barrie
Equality, Never, Equal, Lordship
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
- James M. Barrie
Always, Necessary, Than, Kinder
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
- James M. Barrie
New, Always, Tonight, Kinder
Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.
- James M. Barrie
Strength, Grows, Lusty, Grappling
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
- James M. Barrie
Never, Opponent, Than, Meaner
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
- James M. Barrie
Missed, Works, Wrote, Sir
For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.
- James M. Barrie
Carried, Took, Faded, Published
The most useless are those who never change through the years.
- James M. Barrie
Never, Through, Most, Useless
Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
- James M. Barrie
Temper, Hold, Weapon, Blade
Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.
- James M. Barrie
Wife, Think, Smiles, Likes
There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
- James M. Barrie
World, More, Sights, Impressive
Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.
- James M. Barrie
Love, Unhappy, Even, Rainbow
Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
- James M. Barrie
Minds, Noble, Last, Ambition
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
- James M. Barrie
Love, Humble, Does, Praise
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
- James M. Barrie
Sunshine, Keep, Lives, Themselves
A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
- James M. Barrie
Woman, Loves, Would, Her
We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
- James M. Barrie
Wisdom, Never, How, Understand
Life is a long lesson in humility.
- James M. Barrie
Life, Humility, Life Is A, Lesson
It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.
- James M. Barrie
Doing, Unless, Would, Real Work
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
- James M. Barrie
Doing, Unless, Would, Something Else
I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
- James M. Barrie
Bird, Joy, Egg, Broken
We are all of us failures - at least, the best of us are.
- James M. Barrie
Best, Failures, Us, Least
To die will be an awfully big adventure.
- James M. Barrie
Die, Big, Will, Adventure
The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.
- James M. Barrie
Best, Person, Where, Die
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