It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEFormerly 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.
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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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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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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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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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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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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, especially, is never an invariable effect of particular circumstances.
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We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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