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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
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Affection Kiss Passion Sweet Taste
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Compensation Evil Greatness Lesson
Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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Attention Excellence Prayer Result
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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Bold Man Ourselves Past
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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Discrimination Human Humanity Life Reason
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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Beautiful Himself See Sight
Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Instrument Man Music Play
Winter is the night of vegetation.
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Night Vegetation Winter
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Artist Greatness Ideal Slave
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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Imagination Library Ourselves Race Sacred Thinking Wall
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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Life Oneself Perseverance Sweet
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Action Finding Nature Thinking
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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Fear Ignorance Ourselves
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
A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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Book Knowledge Value
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing

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