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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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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Depend Fame Truth Word
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
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Future Lost Remain
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Greatness Principal Remember Warrior
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Activity One Liner Sadness
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
What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Call Conscience Fear Instant Law
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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Element Happiness Rich Satisfaction
Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Character Observation Person Smile
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Culture Run Simplicity
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Character Event Myself
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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Food Greatness Material Music
Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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Affection Death Kiss Lips Purity Soul
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Cheerful Difficult Digest Mindset
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
Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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Man Savage Society

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