In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEETruth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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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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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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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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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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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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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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A great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
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