It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEIt 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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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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He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.
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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it–to realize it to the full–to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.
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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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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.
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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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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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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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A great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
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There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
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