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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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Eyes Face Light Love Moon Oneself
The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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Audacity Enterprise Planning
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing
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
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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Beautiful Himself See Sight
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Mindset One Liner
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Doubt Willing Yourself
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Culture Run Simplicity
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
Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Depend Himself Talk
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Activity One Liner Sadness
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
Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
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Curse Death Existence Fear World
Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
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Existence Faith Independent Poetry Reason Rule
A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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Family Friendship God Mom
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Determination Enough Establishment Failure Strong Success
Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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Double Suffering Trouble
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Courage Coward Diminish Resource
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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Mistake Repeat Secret Sound
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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Bold Man Ourselves Past
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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Determination Influence Oneself Relationship
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Cheerful Difficult Digest Mindset
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
The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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Dreams Himself Hope Realization Worth
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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Character Difference Man Nature

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