Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEPartial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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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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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.
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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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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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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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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
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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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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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