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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
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Himself Invisible Muse Object See Worship
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
How like a railway tunnel is the poor man’s life, with the light of childhood at one end, the intermediate gloom, and only the glimmer of a future life at the other extremity!
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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Admire Character Follower Imitation Reason
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Greatness Principal Remember Warrior
A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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Family Friendship God Mom
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
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Mindset One Liner
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
Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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Attention Excellence Prayer Result
When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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Audacity Enterprise Planning
The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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Greatness Prejudice Progress
The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.
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Book Eyes Live Mercy Open See Soul Window
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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Enthusiasm Fear Greatness Inspirational Man

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