Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThe most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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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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There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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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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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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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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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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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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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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