A clouded face
Strikes deeper than an angry blow.
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FACE PICTURES.
We write our lives upon our faces, deep,
An autograph which they will always keep.
Thoughts cannot come and leave behind no trace
Of good or ill; they quickly find a place
Where they who will may read as in a book,
The hidden meaning of our slightest look.
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Nature has written a letter of credit on some men's faces which is honored wherever it is presented.
—Thackeray.
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The surest way not to fail, is to determine to succeed.
—Sheridan.