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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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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
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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Enthusiasm Greatness Inspirational
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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Mistake Repeat Secret Sound
It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Circumstance Determination Influence Relationship
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Activity One Liner Sadness
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
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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Growth Heart Pursuit Search Severe
Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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Act Carriage Character Dignity Proud
Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never to feel it as an evil.
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Doubt Evil Feeling Poverty Respect
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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Fear Ignorance Ourselves
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Character Event Myself
Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Character Observation Person Smile
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
Winter is the night of vegetation.
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Night Vegetation Winter
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

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