It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThe grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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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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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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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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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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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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