Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
Christian Nevell Bovee
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Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
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Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.
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