Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
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A great thought is a great boon, for which God is to be first thanked, then he who is the first to utter it, and then in a lessor, but still in a considerable degree, the man who is the first to quote it to us.Christian Nestell Bovée
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
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Doubt is the opposite of belief.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured But like the sun, only for a time.
Christian Nestell Bovée
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