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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing
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
There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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Custom Freedom Resistence
The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Heart Money Size
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
The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Brilliant Intelligence Light Mindset
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Blood Grief Tear
Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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Enterprise Marriage Satisfaction
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
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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Circumstance Happiness Pain
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
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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Life Oneself Perseverance Sweet
Winter is the night of vegetation.
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Night Vegetation Winter
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Grave Soul Yourself
Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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Heart Load Love Ourselves Success
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Greatness Life Small Sweet

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