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The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it–to realize it to the full–to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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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
It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Circumstance Determination Influence Relationship
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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Discrimination Human Humanity Life Reason
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
Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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Beautiful Inspirational Transportation
There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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Custom Freedom Resistence
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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Happiness Kind Man Reality
Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Direction Mark Word
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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Beautiful Himself See Sight
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
There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
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Heart Romance World Young
The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Heart Money Size
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Culture Run Simplicity
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
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Grave Soul 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

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