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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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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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A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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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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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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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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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
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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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