Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEIn politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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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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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
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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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There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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How like a railway tunnel is the poor man’s life, with the light of childhood at one end, the intermediate gloom, and only the glimmer of a future life at the other extremity!
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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