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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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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
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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Himself Influence Life Live Potential Work
Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Character Observation Person Smile
Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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Heart Load Love Ourselves Success
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Action Finding Nature Thinking
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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Book Eyes Live Mercy Open See Soul Window
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Grave Soul Yourself
Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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Goodness Wisdom
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Character Event Myself
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Greatness Principal Remember Warrior
Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Education Institution Rare
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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Fear Goodness Greatness Himself Wrong
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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Attention Excellence Prayer Result
The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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Better Development Law Progress Society
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Affection Beautiful Best Ourselves

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