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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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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Compensation Evil Greatness Lesson
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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Author Criticism Hell Publish Suffering World
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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Bold Man Ourselves Past
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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Enjoyment Happiness Reach Resource Thinking Tired
The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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Audacity Enterprise Planning
Winter is the night of vegetation.
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Night Vegetation Winter
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
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Affection Kiss Passion Sweet Taste
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Admire Character Follower Imitation Reason
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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Character Difference Man Nature
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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Existence Faith Independent Poetry Reason Rule
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
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Action Finding Nature Thinking
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Future Lost Remain
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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Element Happiness Rich Satisfaction
Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
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Imagination Library Ourselves Race Sacred Thinking Wall
Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Sun Time Truth

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