Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThe 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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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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A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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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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An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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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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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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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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