It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEMusic is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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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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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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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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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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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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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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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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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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