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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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Mistake Repeat Secret Sound
It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
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Charity Money Stand
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
Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Depend Himself Talk
The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it–to realize it to the full–to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.
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Feeling Life Mystery Understand
The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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Cheerful Goodness Live Time
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Blood Grief Tear
We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.
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Action Day Exception Experience Learning Ourselves
Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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Goodness Wisdom
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
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
Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Direction Mark Word
Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Character Observation Person Smile
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Artist Greatness Ideal Slave
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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Dreams Himself Hope Realization Worth
Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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Act Carriage Character Dignity Proud

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