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

Christian Nestell Bovee

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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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Life Oneself Perseverance Sweet
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Future Lost Remain
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
Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Direction Mark Word
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
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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Bold Man Ourselves Past
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Character Event Myself
Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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Heart Load Love Ourselves Success
There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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Alone Communication Kind Man Time
Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
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Existence Faith Independent Poetry Reason Rule
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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Element Happiness Rich Satisfaction
There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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Custom Freedom Resistence
The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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Cheerful Goodness Live Time
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
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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Dilemma Greatness Intelligence Relieve Smart Success
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Affection Beautiful Best Ourselves

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