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How like a railway tunnel is the poor man’s life, with the light of childhood at one end, the intermediate gloom, and only the glimmer of a future life at the other extremity!

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.
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Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.
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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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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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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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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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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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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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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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