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.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEExcellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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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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Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
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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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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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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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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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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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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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