The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEEnthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.
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A great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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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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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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Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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