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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Determination Enough Establishment Failure Strong Success
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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Assurance Faith Power Strength Strong
When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
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Enjoyment Happiness Reach Resource Thinking Tired
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
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Anxiety Fear Greatness Life Ourselves
The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Beyond Excuse Knowledge
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
Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Instrument Man Music Play
Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
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Aware Consciousness Name
Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Education Institution Rare
There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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Alone Communication Kind Man Time
Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
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Existence Faith Independent Poetry Reason Rule
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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Argue Character Discover Errors Judgement Mistake
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Action Finding Nature Thinking
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Admire Character Follower Imitation Reason
Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Depend Himself Talk
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

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