It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEAll men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.
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The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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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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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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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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A great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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