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Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.
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Book Eyes Live Mercy Open See Soul Window
Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
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Business Fortune Greatness Present Time War
False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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Fake Friendship Leaving Shade Shadow
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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Life Oneself Perseverance Sweet
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Affection Beautiful Best Ourselves
The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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Greatness Prejudice Progress
The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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Activity Greatness Happiness
A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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Family Friendship God Mom
Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Depend Fame Truth Word
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Courage Coward Diminish Resource
A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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Book Knowledge Value
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Cheerful Difficult Digest Mindset
Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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Double Suffering Trouble
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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Happiness Kind Man Reality
What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Call Conscience Fear Instant Law
Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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Happiness Life Poor Possession Rich

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