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There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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Action Dreams Himself Man 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
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Affection Beautiful Best Ourselves
What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Call Conscience Fear Instant Law
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Culture Run Simplicity
The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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Activity Greatness Happiness
Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Depend Himself Talk
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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Enthusiasm Greatness Inspirational
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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Circumstance Happiness Pain
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
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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Company Compose Depend
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Mindset One Liner
There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
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Author Criticism Hell Publish Suffering World
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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