All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThe greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.
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Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
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There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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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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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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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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