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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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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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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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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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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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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.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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