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There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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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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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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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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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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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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Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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