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There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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Better Development Law Progress Society
Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Direction Mark Word
Winter is the night of vegetation.
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Night Vegetation Winter
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Character Event Myself
The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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Dreams Himself Hope Realization Worth
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Activity One Liner Sadness
Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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Enterprise Marriage Satisfaction
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
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
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
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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Life Oneself Perseverance Sweet
Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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Happiness Life Poor Possession Rich
The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Heart Money Size
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.
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Business Fortune Greatness Present Time War
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
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness

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