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 BOVEECourage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
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Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
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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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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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A great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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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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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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