Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEESuccessful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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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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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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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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There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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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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The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.
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In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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