The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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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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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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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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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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Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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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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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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It 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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