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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.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, especially, is never an invariable effect of particular circumstances.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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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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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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