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Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.
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Company Compose Depend
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Greatness Principal Remember Warrior
Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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Goodness Wisdom
Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
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Curse Death Existence Fear World
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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Eyes Face Light Love Moon Oneself
If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
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Bad Book Goodness Oneself Writing
Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Sun Time Truth
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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Dangerous Excess Fire Passion Way
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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Character Difference Man Nature
Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never to feel it as an evil.
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Doubt Evil Feeling Poverty Respect
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Activity One Liner Sadness
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Mindset One Liner
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Grave Soul Yourself
Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Depend Fame Truth Word
Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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Affection Death Kiss Lips Purity Soul
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

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