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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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Attention Excellence Prayer Result
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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Growth Heart Pursuit Search Severe
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
When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
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Enjoyment Happiness Reach Resource Thinking Tired
Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Sun Time Truth
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
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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Fear Ignorance Ourselves
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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Fire Politics Position Professional Reward
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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Dreams Himself Hope Realization Worth
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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Enthusiasm Greatness Inspirational
The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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Cheerful Goodness Live Time
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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Existence Faith Independent Poetry Reason Rule
The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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Activity Greatness Happiness
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Compensation Evil Greatness Lesson
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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