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The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," — it is greatness itself.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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At all events, the next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.

Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (1862)

There is, indeed, no wild beast more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.

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The light in the world comes principally from two sources,—the sun, and the student's lamp.

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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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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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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

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Who dares think one thing, and another tell,
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