The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWhat we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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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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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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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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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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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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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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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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