We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWhen 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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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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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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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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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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A woman’s love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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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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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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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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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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