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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.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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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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Argue Character Discover Errors Judgement Mistake
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Cheerful Difficult Digest Mindset
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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Element Happiness Rich Satisfaction
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Future Lost Remain
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
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Artist Greatness Ideal Slave
Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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Beautiful Inspirational Transportation
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Compensation Evil Greatness Lesson
Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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Heart Load Love Ourselves Success
The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it–to realize it to the full–to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.
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Feeling Life Mystery Understand
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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Beautiful Himself See Sight
Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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Children Flower Life Necessary Praise Sun Warm Word
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
Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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Double Suffering Trouble
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Courage Coward Diminish Resource
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

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