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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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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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Character Difference Man Nature
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Doubt Willing Yourself
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
What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Call Conscience Fear Instant Law
The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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Greatness Prejudice Progress
Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
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Business Fortune Greatness Present Time War
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Determination Enough Establishment Failure Strong Success
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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Alone Communication Kind Man Time
Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
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Curse Death Existence Fear World
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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Fear Goodness Greatness Himself Wrong
Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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Children Flower Life Necessary Praise Sun Warm Word
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Artist Greatness Ideal Slave
A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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Book Knowledge Value
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
The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Brilliant Intelligence Light Mindset
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Grave Soul Yourself

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