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

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity.
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Fragile Himself Interrupt Maturity Powerful Reach
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
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Compensation Evil Greatness Lesson
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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Fake Friendship Leaving Shade Shadow
There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
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Heart Romance World Young
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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Anxiety Fear Greatness Life Ourselves
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Cheerful Difficult Digest Mindset
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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Children Flower Life Necessary Praise Sun Warm Word
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Doubt Willing Yourself
To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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Alone Friendship Home Sympathy World
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Character Event Myself
Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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Beautiful Inspirational Transportation
Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Sun Time Truth
A woman’s love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself.
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Growth Love Nurture Soil Woman
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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Beautiful Himself See Sight

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