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Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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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
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Action Finding Nature Thinking
Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Depend Himself Talk
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
Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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Attention Excellence Prayer Result
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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Affection Kiss Passion Sweet Taste
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Greatness Principal Remember Warrior
Hope is the best part of our riches.
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Hope Ourselves Rich
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Culture Run Simplicity
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Affection Beautiful Best Ourselves
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Artist Greatness Ideal Slave
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
Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never to feel it as an evil.
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Doubt Evil Feeling Poverty Respect
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Mindset One Liner
Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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Beautiful Inspirational Transportation

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