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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Instrument Man Music Play
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Future Lost Remain
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Determination Enough Establishment Failure Strong Success
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!
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Childhood Future Life Man Poor
It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
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Himself Invisible Muse Object See Worship
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Cheerful Difficult Digest Mindset
Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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Sun Time Truth
Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Education Institution Rare
It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
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Charity Money Stand
Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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Happiness Life Poor Possession Rich
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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Assurance Faith Power Strength Strong
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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Life Oneself Perseverance Sweet
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
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Artist Greatness Ideal Slave
A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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Family Friendship God Mom
Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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Act Carriage Character Dignity Proud

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