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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
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Imagination Library Ourselves Race Sacred Thinking Wall
Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
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Business Fortune Greatness Present Time War
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing
The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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Greatness Prejudice Progress
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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Argue Character Discover Errors Judgement Mistake
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Compensation Evil Greatness Lesson
Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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Age Feeling Interest Rose Youth
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
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Blood Grief Tear
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
Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Depend Fame Truth Word
There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
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Heart Romance World Young
Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never to feel it as an evil.
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Doubt Evil Feeling Poverty Respect
Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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Disguise Seek Sober Weakness
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Culture Run Simplicity
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

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