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If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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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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Fragile Himself Interrupt Maturity Powerful Reach
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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Happiness Life Poor Possession Rich
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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Fear Ignorance Ourselves
Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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Attention Excellence Prayer Result
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Affection Beautiful Best Ourselves
Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Character Observation Person Smile
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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Book Eyes Live Mercy Open See Soul Window
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Artist Greatness Ideal Slave
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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Author Criticism Hell Publish Suffering World
To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
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Discrimination Human Humanity Life Reason
The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Beyond Excuse Knowledge
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Courage Coward Diminish Resource
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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Beautiful Himself See Sight
An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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Growth Heart Pursuit Search Severe
Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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Age Feeling Interest Rose Youth
Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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Economy Poor Rich

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