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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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Element Happiness Rich Satisfaction
Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Sun Time Truth
Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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Heart Load Love Ourselves Success
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Greatness Life Small Sweet
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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Happiness Life Poor Possession Rich
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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Fear Ignorance Ourselves
Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
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Imagination Library Ourselves Race Sacred Thinking Wall
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
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Activity One Liner Sadness
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Admire Character Follower Imitation Reason
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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Life Oneself Perseverance Sweet
Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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Affection Death Kiss Lips Purity Soul
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Culture Run Simplicity
Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
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Existence Faith Independent Poetry Reason Rule
Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Education Institution Rare

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