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Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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Economy Poor Rich
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
There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Compensation Evil Greatness Lesson
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Future Lost Remain
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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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Depend Himself Talk
Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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Beautiful Inspirational Transportation
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
It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
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Determination Influence Oneself Relationship
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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Himself Influence Life Live Potential Work
Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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Happiness Life Poor Possession Rich
To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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Alone Friendship Home Sympathy World
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Character Event Myself
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Determination Enough Establishment Failure Strong Success
The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Beyond Excuse Knowledge

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