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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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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
Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Depend Himself Talk
Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity.
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Fragile Himself Interrupt Maturity Powerful Reach
There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
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Author Criticism Hell Publish Suffering World
The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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Eyes Face Light Love Moon Oneself
Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Depend Fame Truth Word
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
The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Brilliant Intelligence Light Mindset
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing
Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Sun Time Truth
Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Education Institution Rare
To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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Alone Friendship Home Sympathy World
Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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Children Flower Life Necessary Praise Sun Warm Word
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Action Finding Nature Thinking
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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Fire Politics Position Professional Reward
Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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Enterprise Marriage Satisfaction

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