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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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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Call Conscience Fear Instant Law
Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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Goodness Wisdom
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
Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never to feel it as an evil.
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Doubt Evil Feeling Poverty Respect
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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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Brilliant Intelligence Light Mindset
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Admire Character Follower Imitation Reason
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Character Event Myself
Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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Act Carriage Character Dignity Proud
Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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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
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
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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