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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Blood Grief Tear
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
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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Element Happiness Rich Satisfaction
What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Call Conscience Fear Instant Law
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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Fear Ignorance Ourselves
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
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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
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
It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
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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
Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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Heart Load Love Ourselves Success
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never to feel it as an evil.
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Doubt Evil Feeling Poverty Respect
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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Enthusiasm Greatness Inspirational
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 great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Artist Greatness Ideal Slave

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