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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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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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Discrimination Human Humanity Life Reason
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing
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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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Depend Himself Talk
Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Instrument Man Music Play
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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Food Greatness Material Music
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
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Greatness Life Small Sweet
It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
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Determination Influence Oneself Relationship
Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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Disguise Seek Sober Weakness
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Mindset One Liner
He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.
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Himself Influence Life Live Potential Work
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Cheerful Difficult Digest Mindset
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 with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
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Charity Money Stand
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

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