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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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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Sun Time Truth
The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Beyond Excuse Knowledge
Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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Disguise Seek Sober Weakness
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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Happiness Kind Man Reality
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Greatness Life Small Sweet
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Friendship Virtue Weakness
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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Bold Man Ourselves Past
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Grave Soul Yourself
There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.
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Existence Fire Forget Passion Season
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Future Lost Remain
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Action Finding Nature Thinking
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Affection Beautiful Best Ourselves
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Courage Coward Diminish Resource
Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Direction Mark Word
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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Himself Influence Life Live Potential Work
A great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
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