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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Courage Coward Diminish Resource
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Character Event Myself
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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Fire Politics Position Professional Reward
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Blood Grief Tear
What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Call Conscience Fear Instant Law
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Determination Enough Establishment Failure Strong Success
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
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
Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Education Institution Rare
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Activity One Liner Sadness
Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Depend Himself Talk
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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Fear Ignorance Ourselves
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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Fear Goodness Greatness Himself Wrong
Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Instrument Man Music Play
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Doubt Willing Yourself
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Compensation Evil Greatness Lesson

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