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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.

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
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Grave Soul Yourself
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Courage Coward Diminish Resource
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Future Lost Remain
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Greatness Principal Remember Warrior
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Activity One Liner Sadness
Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Sun Time Truth
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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Mistake Repeat Secret Sound
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Action Finding Nature Thinking
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Determination Enough Establishment Failure Strong Success
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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Circumstance Happiness Pain
Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Direction Mark Word
Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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Act Carriage Character Dignity Proud
The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Beyond Excuse Knowledge

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