Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEENothing 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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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
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There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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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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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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