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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
Courtesy
Christian Nevell Bovee

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Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
Joy
Christian Nevell Bovee

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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
Perseverance
Christian Nevell Bovee

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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
Conscience
Christian Nevell Bovee

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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
The future
Christian Nevell Bovee

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Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths.
Obesity
Shelley Bovey

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The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.
Dogs
Clara Bow

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Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family.
Censorship
Thomas Bowdler

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For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.
Writers and Writing
Catherine Drinker Bowen

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Art is the only thing that can go on mattering, once it has stopped hurting.
Arts and Artists
Elizabeth Bowen

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Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.
Seasons
Elizabeth Bowen

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It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home.
Emotions
Elizabeth Bowen

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Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.
Conceit
Elizabeth Bowen

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Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.
Lies and Lying
Elizabeth Bowen

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Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.
Lovers
Elizabeth Bowen

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Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.
Growth
Elizabeth Bowen

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To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body.
Health
Francis Bowen

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The cause of freedom is the cause of God.
Freedom
Samuel Bowles

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There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing.
Certainty
Scotty Bowman

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Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.
Anger
John F. Boyes

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The government must always be a step ahead of the popular movement.
Government
Count Boytzwnburg

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Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.
Facts
Fogg Brackell

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I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
Nations
Malcolm Bradbury

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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
Manners
Malcolm Bradbury

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First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.
Fear
Ray Bradbury

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun