Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEPartial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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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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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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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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It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
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Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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