Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEToo much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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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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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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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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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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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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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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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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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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