It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEIn 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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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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Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, especially, is never an invariable effect of particular circumstances.
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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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There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
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The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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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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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
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