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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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A woman’s love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself.
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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
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Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never to feel it as an evil.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Call Conscience Fear Instant Law
Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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Disguise Seek Sober Weakness
It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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