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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.
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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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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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Hope Ourselves Rich
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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How like a railway tunnel is the poor man’s life, with the light of childhood at one end, the intermediate gloom, and only the glimmer of a future life at the other extremity!
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Childhood Future Life Man Poor
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Greatness Life Small Sweet
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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Growth Heart Pursuit Search Severe
Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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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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Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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Food Greatness Material Music

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