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.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEETruth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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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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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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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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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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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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Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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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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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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