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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Determination Enough Establishment Failure Strong Success
There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.
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Existence Fire Forget Passion Season
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Doubt Willing Yourself
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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Determination Influence Oneself Relationship
Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Character Observation Person Smile
It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.
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Company Compose Depend
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
The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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Better Development Law Progress Society
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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Beautiful Himself See Sight
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Cheerful Difficult Digest Mindset
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Affection Beautiful Best Ourselves
Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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Man Savage Society
Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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Beautiful Inspirational Transportation
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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Eyes Face Light Love Moon Oneself
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing

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