Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEHe 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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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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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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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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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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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
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