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Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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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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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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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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Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity.
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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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To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
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Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
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Curse Death Existence Fear World

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